Silence Quotes

3932 Silence quotes by 2066 unique authors

It takes more time and effort and delicacy to learn the silence of a people than to learn its sounds. Some people have a special… — Ivan Illich
All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn. — Iris Murdoch
Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two. — Indira Gandhi
Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women bringing their children… — Henry Ward Beecher
Nothing marks the change from the city to the country so much as the absence of grinding noises. The country is never silent. But its… — Henry Ward Beecher
The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of the forests,… — Henry Van Dyke
If all the skies were sunshine Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain. If all the… — Henry Van Dyke
No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may… — Henry David Thoreau
Pity the man who has a character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is silent poor indeed. — Henry David Thoreau
We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity… — Henry David Thoreau
He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he who ceases t… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Make your judgment trustworthy by trusting it. Cultivate regular periods of silence and meditation. The best time to build judgment is in solitude, when you… — Grenville Kleiser
Answer them critics with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . . — Gioachino Rossini
All the great pleasures of life are silent. — Georges Clemenceau
Music is in all growing things; And underneath the silky wings Of smallest insects there is stirred A pulse of air that must be heard;… — George Parsons Lathrop
Speech is the small change of silence. — George Meredith
One nice thing about silence is that it can't be repeated. — Gary Cooper
When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; — Edward Lear
A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence. — Dante Alighieri
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, Where never the lark, nor even eagle flew- And, while… — Dizzy Gillespie
Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer word or silence… — Zhuangzi
The non-action of the wise man is not inaction. It is not studied. It is not shaken by anything. The sage is quiet because he… — Zhuangzi
Gone before To that unknown and silent shore. — Charles Lamb
As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So deep in my soul the still prayer… — Charles Lamb

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