Quotes about silence
silence threat difficult
Silence can pose a greater threat than the difficult truth. Harriet Lerner
silence independence opinion
there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince. Harriet Beecher Stowe
silence delicacy charm
the delicacy that respects a friend's silence is one of the charms of life.
silence strategy used
Even God used silence as a strategy. Gregory Maguire
silence bears heard
He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.. Ignatius of Loyola
silence faithful rewards
There is likewise a reward for faithful silence. [Lat., Est et fideli tuta silentio merces.] Horace
silence mind way
The only way to cultivate a quiet mind is by planting seeds of silence. Guy Finley
silence solitude secret
There is nothing as certain as silence, stillness, and solitude to introduce you to the secrets of yourself.
silence facts love-to-read
I love to read, and I like the fact that there's some silence in my life. Giancarlo Esposito
silence domestic-violence violence
Our silence is deafening and deadly. James Brown
silence stories just-listen
Even the silence has a story to tell you. Just listen. Listen. Jacqueline Woodson
silence spirit ineffable
Music, not being made up of objects nor referring to objects, is intangible and ineffable; it can only be as it were inhaled by the spirit: the rest is silence. Jacques Barzun
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 mind facts
In the silence of their studios, busied for days at a time with works which leave the mind relatively free, painters become like women; their thoughts can revolve around the minor facts of life and penetrate their hidden meaning. Honore de Balzac
silence feelings wells
Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.
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 sticks speak
Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better. J. R. R. Tolkien
silence tactics distrust
Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
silence risk policy
Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.
silence jubilation
Restrain yourself... and gloat in silence. I'll have no jubilation here. It is an impious thing to exult over the slain. Homer
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