Another way Quote by John Dryden

We've learned that quiet isn't always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn't always justice.

— Amanda Gorman

Silence is a trick when it imposes. Pedants and scholars, churchmen and physicians, abound in silent pride.

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity.

— George Henry Lewes

“After seeing how many people waste their lives, their whole lives (tongues wagging, wagging, wagging, and all the inevitable consequences), silence seems preferable to…

— Josemaría Escrivá

“Silence is one of the deepest disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification. One of the fruits of…

— Richard J. Foster

We must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence

— Proverb

I hate churches, all of them. But they used to know something about the importance of silence.

— Ferdinand Mount

We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent.

— Pierre Nicole

We must ask ourselves how many times others would benefit more from our silence than from our words.

— Henri Nouwen

The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.

— Desiderius Erasmus

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The trouble is that neutrality is confused with hostility. We're not disrupting churches, or interrupting people's prayers. We're not fighting religion.

— Dan Barker