Quotes about silence
silence important conversation
Sighs and silences and avoided conversations are just as important as the things you do talk about. Cecelia Ahern
silence betrayed
Silence never yet betrayed any one! Antoine Rivarol
silence vices avoiding
The cunning tempter, by avoiding the grossness of vice, often silences objections.
silence
The rest, is silence. William Shakespeare
silence desert gleam
I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams... Antoine de Saint-Exupery
silence rare-occasion gym
On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence. Bebe Neuwirth
silence ends
In the end, the only thing between us was silence. Becca Fitzpatrick
silence said okay
I called Vee. "How are you doing?" I asked. "Good. How are you?" "Good." Silence. "Okay," Vee said in a rush, "I am still totally freaked out. You?" "Totally.
silence soul humanity
That soul-destroying, meaningless, mechanical, moronic work is an insult to human nature which must necessarily and inevitably produce either escapism or aggression, and that no amount of 'bread and circuses' can compensate for the damage done-these are facts which are neither denied nor acknowledged but are met with an unbreakable conspiracy of silence-because to deny them would be too obviously absurd and to acknowledge them would condemn the central preoccupation of modern society as a crime against humanity. E. F. Schumacher
silence jurisprudence innocence
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
silence word worth
If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two
silence
No one nor anything can silence me. Dmitri Mendeleev
silence needs stories
But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you. Diane Setterfield
silence
Silence, nothing is better. Diane von Furstenberg
silence trying remember
There is a lot of silence in watching somebody trying to remember things. David Shapiro
silence silent minutes
If we are in silence - in absolute silence with no thoughts - for 10 minutes, it's only a thought that tells us we were silent for 10 minutes. Our only proof is a thought. Byron Katie
silence soul needs
How many lost souls do You need, Lord, to satisfy Your hunger? the hatter asked. God, in His infinite silence, looked at him without blinking. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
silence different kind
Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings. Charlotte Bronte
silence special duets
Before music there was silence and the duet format allows you to build from the silence in a very special way. Charlie Haden
silence argument weak
Silence is less injurious than a weak reply. Charles Caleb Colton
silence defense opponents
When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
silence assertion
We can refute assertions, but who can refute silence? Charles Dickens
silence stopping looks
To be silent is not to lose your tongue. On the contrary, it is only through silence that one can discover something new to talk about. One who talked incessantly, without stopping to look and listen, would repeat himself ad nauseam. Alan Watts
silence answers critics
Silence is often the most eloquent answer to our critics. Aiden Wilson Tozer
silence building crescendo
As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music. Chogyam Trungpa
silence tragedy might
If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations as well. As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.
silence information steps
Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma. Chevy Chase
silence gone silent
Gone before To that unknown and silent shore. Charles Lamb
silence dumb apollo
The Muses were dumb while Apollo lectured.
silence quality dimensions
I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. Chaim Potok
silence orphan poetry-is
Poetry is an orphan of silence. Charles Simic
silence language speak
Silence is the only language god speaks.
silence lasts bed
He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear. Edith Wharton