Silence Quotes

3932 Silence quotes by 2066 unique authors

It is the little rift within the lute That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
He that wrongs a friend Wrongs himself more, and ever bears about A silent court of justice in his breast, Himself the judge and jury,… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Her eyes are homes of silent prayers. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
When led of the Spirit, the child of God must be as ready to wait as to go, as prepared to be silent as to… — Lewis Sperry Chafer
There is no secret in the mystery of life stronger and more beautiful than that attachment which converts the silence of a virgin's spirit into… — Khalil Gibran
Nature reaches out to us with welcoming arms, and bids us enjoy her beauty; but we dread her silence and rush into the crowded cities,… — Khalil Gibran
A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks; but the face which,… — Khalil Gibran
The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself. — Joseph Sobran
Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and silent chorus leads… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers? — John Milton
The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. — John Milton
Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence. — John Milton
Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompany'd; for beast and bird, They to their… — John Milton
How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it… — John Milton
Her silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle. — John Milton
Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time. — John Keats
As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden,- "Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather express it, Speech… — John Keats
A little noiseless noise among the leaves, Born of the very sigh that silence heaves. — John Keats
Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards… — John Keats
An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear. — John Dryden
There's no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound. — John Cage
The happiest, sweetest, tenderest homes are not those where there has been no sorrow, but those which have been overshadowed with grief, and where Christ's… — J.R. Miller
A sound so fine, there 's nothing lives 'Twixt it and silence. — James Sheridan Knowles
Universal silence must be taken to imply the consent of the people. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The educated man had throughout the ages found a way to covert passionate activity into silent and motionless pleasure. He can sit still in a… — Jacques Barzun

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