Silence Quotes

3932 Silence quotes by 2066 unique authors

Of those who say nothing, few are silent. — Unknown Author
I suppose what makes me most glad is that we all recognize each other in this metaphysical space of silence and happening, and get some… — Thomas Merton
There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be,- In the cold grave, under the deep,… — Thomas Hood
There are no more ideologies in the authentic sense of false consciousness, only advertisements for the world through its duplication and the provocative lie which… — Theodor Adorno
Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of… — Thomas Browne
Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away. — Philip Sidney
Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, and you know both of them are wrong. — Unknown Author
Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible? — Seneca the Younger
Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it. — Seneca the Younger
Real action is in silent moments. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Painting was called silent poetry and poetry speaking painting. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamor of silence. — Rabindranath Tagore
Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth… — Pope John XXIII
It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well. — Plutarch
One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions. — Unknown Author
Silence gives consent. — Oliver Goldsmith
In all the silent manliness of grief. — Oliver Goldsmith
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of… — Napoleon Hill
Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined only when he has been rendered as artificially silent as… — Maria Montessori
Women like silent men. They think they're listening. — Marcel Achard
Winds flap the sail, tortoise and snake are silent, a great plan looms. A bridge will fly over this moat dug by heaven and be… — Mao Zedong
You ask me where I get my ideas. That I cannot tell you with certainty. They come unsummoned, directly, indirectly - I could seize them… — Ludwig van Beethoven
If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be… — Louis D. Brandeis
In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the great Abbey which has during many ages afforded… — Thomas B. Macaulay
When we two parted In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted, To sever for years. — Lord Byron

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