Quotes about silence
silence overcoming break
Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome. Adrienne Rich
silence trying division
And yet the world we live in-its divisions and conflicts, its widening gap between rich and poor, its seemingly inexplicable outbursts of violence-is shaped far less by what we celebrate and mythologize than by the painful events we try to forget. Leopold's Congo is but one of those silences of history. Adam Hochschild
silence golden programming
It is tact that is golden, not silence. Samuel Butler
silence speech silent
Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn to listen. Alice Hoffman
silence textbooks magazines
When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor. Alice Hamilton
silence friendly passionate
Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content. Alice Duer Miller
silence stones helping
Some stones are so heavy only silence helps you carry them! Anne Michaels
silence ears world
The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody. Albert Camus
silence calamity plague
It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence.
silence doe silent
As soon as one does not kill oneself, one must keep silent about life.
silence listening done
I know when I have a problem and have done all I can to figure it, I keep listening in a sort of inside silence 'til something clicks and I feel a right answer. Conrad Hilton
silence doubt silent
Be silent always when you doubt your sense. Alexander Pope
silence bases ought
Life ought to be lived on a basis of silence, where truth blossoms. Dorothy Richardson
silence deception degrees
There's a degree of deception in silence. Don Lemon
silence mind important
Mental happiness is more important than physical comfort. Physical comfort comes from the material. But material facilities cannot provide you with peace of mind. Dalai Lama
silence soul ruins
To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul. Alphonsus Liguori
silence drug speak
We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent. Anatole France
silence literature fool
Silence is the wit of fools.
silence vehement mines
I love your silences, they are like mine. Anais Nin
silence
I am interested in silences Anne Enright
silence unfolding wounded
Their silence comfortable. Something unfolding. But what? Not love, which wrenched and wounded. Not love, which came only once. Annie Proulx
silence conversation faculty
I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation. Anne Bronte
silence noise ghastly
There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terribly ghastly silence. Douglas Adams
silence layers
All those layers of silence upon silence. Donna Tartt
silence hearing administration
It now becomes clear why the Bush Administration has been vigorously opposing congressional hearings. The Bush Administration has been engaged in a conspiracy of silence. Cynthia McKinney
silence pockets language
My preference is for prose with more silence in it, language that contains more pockets of strangeness. Anthony Doerr
silence speak dear
When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence. Anthony de Mello
silence mind desire
Mind led body to the edge of the precipice. They stared in desire at the naked abyss. If you love me, said mind, take that step into silence. If you love me, said body, turn and exist. Anne Stevenson
silence
Go where there is silence and say something. Amy Goodman
silence secret
Keep your secrets Keep your silence It is a better gift than truth Anne Rice
silence sound silent
One of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound-is utter, complete silence. Andre Kostelanetz
silence noise ears
Noise: a stench in the ear. Ambrose Bierce
silence democratic treason
In a democratic society, the only treason is silence. Anna Quindlen