Communication Quote by Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Silence is safer than speech.

— Epictetus

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

— James Earl Jones

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

— Proverb

Silence is a form of communication. Speech divides us.

— David Malouf

“Discomfort Many of us are uncomfortable with silence, so we compensate by filling that silence with words.”

— Bill McGowan

Silence is a figure of speech, unanswerable, short, cold, but terribly severe.

— Theodore Parker

Silence is also speech

— Proverb

Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.

— Susan Sontag

Speech is the organ of this present world. Silence is the mystery of the world to come.

— Isaac of Nineveh

“It is necessary for those who are sensitive to remain silent. However, rather than remaining silent, it is much better if it is in…

— Dada Bhagwan

Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.

— Samuel Johnson

Some subjects come up suddenly in our speech and cannot be silenced.

— Mason Cooley