Silence Is Quotes

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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. — Francis Bacon
Silence is the virtue of fools. — Francis Bacon
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. — Josh Billings
To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy. — Elayne Boosler
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. — William S. Burroughs
Silence is more eloquent than words. — Thomas Carlyle
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time. — Thomas Carlyle
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. — Thomas Carlyle
Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts. — Thomas Carlyle
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. — Thomas Carlyle
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life,… — Thomas Carlyle
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. — Muhammad Ali
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is very hard to live with silence. The real silence is death and this is terrible. To approach this silence, it is necessary to… — Edmond Jabes
You say, "But He has not answered." He has, He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His silence is big… — Oswald Chambers
A season of silence is the best preparation for speech with God. — Samuel Chadwick
Meditation is silence. If you realize that you really know nothing, then you will be truly meditating. Such truthfulness is the right soil for silence.… — Yogaswami
Every day silence harvests its victims. Silence is a mortal illness. — Natalia Ginzburg
Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety… — Henry David Thoreau

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