Quotes about silence
silence captured
I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me. Ezra Pound
silence tongue truest
The stillest tongue can be the truest friend. Euripides
silence house quiet
Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.
silence action higher
What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence. Francis of Assisi
silence noble overcoming
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it. Francis Beaumont
silence world language
Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence. George Steiner
silence honor badges
Cersei Lannister: I shall wear this as a badge of honor. Robert Barathon: Wear it in silence or I'll honor you again. George R. R. Martin
silence secret wavelength
Keep braiding one's wavelengths back into oneself. That way they gain all the more external power and surround us with a huge affective and protective zone. Don't talk about this. Never talk about our secret methods. If we talk about them, they stop working. Jean Cocteau
silence together able
Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them. Henning Mankell
silence portraits
In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody. Henri Cartier-Bresson
silence musical exhausted
A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence. Henri Frederic Amiel
silence darkness
There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness. Helen Keller
silence vision normalcy
He wondered if normalcy was something, like vision or silence, you didn't realize was precious until you lost it. Cassandra Clare
silence hot said
You know," Kirk said finally, breaking the silence. "I see it. He is pretty hot.
silence expressive
Nothing at times is more expressive than silence. George Eliot
silence needs said
Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.
silence world speech
Speech is the organ of this present world. Silence is the mystery of the world to come.
silence world spirit
The wisdom of the Holy Spirit is much greater than the wisdom of the entire world. Within the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, silence prevails; the wisdom of the world, however, goes astray into idle talk.
silence tongue fruit
Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.
silence speak
Writers speak for those who are kept in silence Isabel Allende
silence silent poisonous
Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous. Friedrich Nietzsche
silence needs speak
It is silence that most needs an answering -- when I can no longer speak, hear me. Jeanette Winterson
silence
Words are the part of silence that can be spoken.
silence becoming becoming-you
In silence you hear who you are becoming. You create yourself. Jewel
silence enemy progress
If you feel blocked, do not turn to others, but look inside, in silence, for the enemy of your progress. Jeff Buckley
silence consequence
Every word has consequences. Every silence, too. Jean-Paul Sartre
silence silent pleasure
All the great pleasures of life are silent. Georges Clemenceau
silence church dams
The great monuments are raised up like dams, pitting the logic of majesty and authority against all the shady elements: it is in the form of cathedrals and palaces that Church and State speak and impose silence on the multitudes. Georges Bataille
silence conspiracy decency
Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence George Bernard Shaw
silence soul secret
Only in the sacredness of inward silence does the soul truly meet the secret, hiding God. The strength of resolve, which afterward shapes life, and mixes itself with action, is the fruit of those sacred, solitary moments. There is a divine depth in silence. We meet God alone. Frederick William Robertson
silence depth divine
There is a divine depth in silence. We meet God alone.
silence blunt instruments
Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. Erica Jong
silence violence rage
...science and violence turned silence to rage. Emily Saliers