Quotes about silence
silence needs
We need to listen more, to hear the silence and live in it. Kim Basinger
silence would-be obedience
If we knew how often the obedience of others is affected by our own, and how often our stepping forth soon brings forth a whole platton of helpers, and how often our speaking forth soon creates a chorus - we would be even more ashamed of our slackess and our silence. Neal A. Maxwell
silence scare violence
It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many Martin Luther King, Jr.
silence honest violent
I was not afraid of the words of the violent, but of the silence of the honest.
silence growing reason
A prolonged silence ensues. The reason for the silence is our growing interest one for the other. No one is aware of it, no one yet; no one? am I quite sure? Marguerite Duras
silence doe tales
Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does. Isak Dinesen
silence spirit divine
For most of us, for almost all of us, truth can be attained, if at all, only in silence. It is in silence that the human spirit touches the divine. Iris Murdoch
silence shame fame
Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame. Igor Stravinsky
silence foolish possibility
Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.
silence listening males
Male silence is not the same as listening Gloria Steinem
silence answers indifference
Answer them critics with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . . Gioachino Rossini
silence listening faces
He lay face down, listening to the silence. He was perfectly alone. Nobody was watching. Nobody else was there. He was not perfectly sure that he was there himself. J. K. Rowling
silence
Some things we must pass over in silence. Greg Iles
silence feelings mind
Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense. Mary Wollstonecraft
silence speak lifetime
After a lifetime of silence, it is difficult then to speak. Marya Hornbacher
silence way okay
Silence is a way of saying: we do not have to entertain each other; we are okay as we are. Martha Grimes
silence important stills
There are things that can only happen through you when you are still. Silence is often the most important work you can do. Martha Beck
silence dumb soul
There is the dumb silence of slumber or apathy... the fertile silence of awareness, pasturing the soul... the silence of peaceful accord with other persons or communion with the cosmos. Paul Goodman
silence tongue fool
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. Publilius Syrus
silence victim silence-is
But silence is where victims dwell. Nelly Sachs
silence female woven
Silence is deeply woven into the fabric of female experience, Rachel Simmons
silence criticism world
They criticize the silent ones. They criticize the talkative ones. They criticize the moderate ones. There is no one in the world who escapes criticism. Nhat Hanh
silence my-favorite conditions
I came to love silence, because it's so rare, and it's now my favorite aural condition. Mike Nichols
silence
It is only in alert silence that truth can be. Jiddu Krishnamurti
silence difficult silence-is
Silence is difficult and arduous, it is not to be played with.
silence brain movement
Thought comes to an end. Then there is that sense of absolute silence in the brain. All the movement of thought has ended.
silence important needs
Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it's the only time you can hear the whispering of truth. Glenn Beck
silence needs censorship
We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press... It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us. Gilbert K. Chesterton
silence best-things silence-is
Silence is often the best thing to say. Frank Herbert
silence insincerity justification
There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity. George Henry Lewes
silence trying courtesy
If you can't manage courtesy, try silence. Jim Butcher
silence say-anything too-late
We come too late to say anything which has not been said already. Jean de la Bruyere
silence judgment silent
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.