Quotes about silence
silence silent
One must learn to be silent just as one must learn to talk. Virginia Woolf
silence darkness certain
Silence and darkness were all I craved. Well, I get a certain amount of both. They being one. Samuel Beckett
silence gone awful
I could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence.
silence kind fine
Silence, yes, but what silence! For it is all very fine to keep silence, but one has also to consider the kind of silence one keeps.
silence identity goes-on
Where am I, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.
silence language quiet
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
silence blind
POZZO: I am blind. (Silence.) ESTRAGON: Perhaps he can see into the future.
silence roles silence-is
To restore silence is the role of objects.
silence looks
Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
silence way boring
The way to become boring is to say everything. Voltaire
silence break
Don't break the silence unless you can improve on it. William Ralph Inge
silence tongue maidens
Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion. Walter Scott
silence knows
And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying All we did not know.
silence accomplished
The forward step must be made in silence. We detach ourselves from word forms - this can be accomplished by substituting for words, letters, concepts, verbal concepts, other modes of expressions: for example, color. William S. Burroughs
silence needs done
I need silence, and to be alone and to go out, and to save one hour to consider what has happened to my world, what death has done to my world.
silence gains deference
A person that would secure to himself great deference will, perhaps, gain his point by silence as effectually as by anything he can say. William Shenstone
silence streets
What is a street? It is where the living weep, where the dead go off in silence to their peace. William Saroyan
silence important
It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power. William James
silence cry refrain
Love, and do what you will. If you keep silence, do it out of love. If you cry out, do it out of love. If you refrain from punishing, do it out of love. Saint Augustine
silence catholic return
We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them. Saint Basil
silence charity silence-is
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity. Saint Francis de Sales
silence sauce covering
It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
silence void minstrels
The after-silence, when the feast is o'er,And void the places where the minstrels stood,Differs in nought from what hath been before,And is nor ill nor good. William Watson
silence may littles
There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little discussions, if you keep turning the volume down. Shut yourself up, and listen out loud. Wes Borland
silence genius fool
Silence is all the genius a fool has. Zora Neale Hurston
silence chaos remarkable
I found it was remarkable. It was so evocative. I feel like it captured the urgency and the chaos, but through the silence of it, through the slowness of it. That's what I loved the most about Citizenfour. Zachary Quinto
silence periods certain
When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning. Yukio Mishima
silence stories world
Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world. Zainab Salbi
silence stories
Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
silence tao
Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer word or silence Tao is apprehended. Zhuangzi
silence benefits sides
A lively blockhead in company is a public benefit. Silence or dulness by the side of folly looks like wisdom. William Hazlitt
silence say-anything daring
The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachery. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure.
silence way bakers
Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker Wendelin Van Draanen