Quotes about silence
silence suffering males
I suppose he'll just have to do," she amended. "You'll have to suffer in silence with your male model...I feel for you." "Oh, stop it, Molly. Alexandra Adornetto
silence important matter
I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered. Denis Diderot
silence speech
Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
silence word worth
If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two
silence calumny
Calumnies are answered best with silence. Ben Jonson
silence revealing reticence
Reticences are as revealing as avowals. Elizabeth Bibesco
silence speak climax
Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak. Elizabeth Bowen
silence stranger taxi
Silence sat in the taxi, as though a stranger had got in.
silence different sound
Silences can be as different as sounds.
silence mindfulness attention
One's attention has to penetrate the chaotic activity, pass through all the layers of subtle thought, and at last emerge into silence. This is the basic process of transcending. Deepak Chopra
silence mind negative
We have to learn to go beyond both a positive mind and a negative mind to become a silent, nonjudgmental, non-analytical, non-interpretiv e mind. In other words, the silent witness. In the process of silent witnessing, we experience inner silence. In the purity of silence, we feel connected to our source and to everything else.
silence speech spiritual
Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker. Sathya Baba
silence tact
Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not silence. Samuel Butler
silence golden programming
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
silence causes dangerous
In some causes silence is dangerous.
silence
The rest, is silence. William Shakespeare
silence grace mercy
Love, Mercy, and Grace, sisters all, attend your wounds of silence and hope. Aberjhani
silence
Only silence perfects silence. A. R. Ammons
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 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 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 frightened bits
I'm not frightened of a bit of silence. Catherine Tate
silence wish littles
Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself. You'll never wish you'd held back a little more. Catherynne M. Valente
silence
Silence hides nothing. Words conceal. August Strindberg
silence
What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid? Audre Lorde