Silence Quotes

3932 Silence quotes by 2066 unique authors

Silence in love betrays more woe - Than words though ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity. — Walter Raleigh
For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in… — Martin Buber
Is love this misguided need to have you beside me most of the time? Is love this safety I feel in our silences? Is it… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
We listen too much to the telephone and we listen too little to nature. The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps,… — Andre Kostelanetz
God's one and only voice is silence. — Herman Melville
Silence is one great art of conversation. — William Hazlitt
It isn't silence you can cut with a knife any more, it's interchange of ideas. Intelligent discussion of practically everything is what is breaking up… — Elwyn Brooks White
Never assume that habitual silence means ability in reserve. — Geoffrey Madan
Her life-that was the only chance she had-the short season between two silences. — Virginia Woolf
Silence is also conversation. — Ramana Maharshi
You are like night, calmed, constellated. Your silence is star-like, as distant, as true. — Pablo Neruda
It is a strangely irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills. Actually time is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I am working out the vocabulary of my silence. — Muriel Rukeyser
I write because it is while I'm writing that I feel most connected to why we're here. I write because silence is a heavy weight… — Andrea Gibson
Stand still, close your eyes and listen; in the silence you can hear the cries of pain and low moans of anguish of animals waiting… — Ashley Montagu
The most dangerous silence is noise; noise keeps us from hearing what we need to hear or from speaking what we need to speak. — Unknown Author
We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each… — Jackson Katz
What manly eloquence could produce such an effect as woman's silence? — Jules Michelet
I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself. — Ai Weiwei
The long silences need to be loved, perhaps more than the words which arrive to describe them in time. — Franz Wright
We must understand the connection between inner solitude and inner silence; they are inseparable. All the masters of the interior life speak of the two… — Richard J. Foster
There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude is… — Richard J. Foster
If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should be silent, we… — Richard J. Foster
One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are so accustomed to relying upon words… — Richard J. Foster
The fruit of solitude is increased sensitivity and compassion for others. There comes a new freedom to be with people. There is new attentiveness to… — Richard J. Foster

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