Quotes about silence
silence kind applause
The applause of silence. is the only kind that counts. Alfred Jarry
silence littles rift
It is the little rift within the lute That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all. Alfred Lord Tennyson
silence pockets language
My preference is for prose with more silence in it, language that contains more pockets of strangeness. Anthony Doerr
silence speak dear
When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence. Anthony de Mello
silence mind desire
Mind led body to the edge of the precipice. They stared in desire at the naked abyss. If you love me, said mind, take that step into silence. If you love me, said body, turn and exist. Anne Stevenson
silence
Go where there is silence and say something. Amy Goodman
silence secret
Keep your secrets Keep your silence It is a better gift than truth Anne Rice
silence sound silent
One of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound-is utter, complete silence. Andre Kostelanetz
silence noise ears
Noise: a stench in the ear. Ambrose Bierce
silence speech silent
Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn to listen. Alice Hoffman
silence textbooks magazines
When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor. Alice Hamilton
silence friendly passionate
Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content. Alice Duer Miller
silence stones helping
Some stones are so heavy only silence helps you carry them! Anne Michaels
silence soul ruins
To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul. Alphonsus Liguori
silence democratic treason
In a democratic society, the only treason is silence. Anna Quindlen
silence remember silent
Silence ought also to be the core of each concert. Remember the anagram: listen = silent. Alfred Brendel
silence weakness silence-is
Only silence is great; all else is weakness. Alfred de Vigny
silence doubt silent
Be silent always when you doubt your sense. Alexander Pope
silence bases ought
Life ought to be lived on a basis of silence, where truth blossoms. Dorothy Richardson
silence deception degrees
There's a degree of deception in silence. Don Lemon
silence drug speak
We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent. Anatole France
silence literature fool
Silence is the wit of fools.
silence vehement mines
I love your silences, they are like mine. Anais Nin
silence
I am interested in silences Anne Enright
silence unfolding wounded
Their silence comfortable. Something unfolding. But what? Not love, which wrenched and wounded. Not love, which came only once. Annie Proulx
silence conversation faculty
I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation. Anne Bronte
silence mind important
Mental happiness is more important than physical comfort. Physical comfort comes from the material. But material facilities cannot provide you with peace of mind. Dalai Lama
silence doe being-a-lady
Being a lady does not require silence. Betty Ford
silence stick
What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of it. I think from now on I'm going to stick to what she actually does say because I don't have that kind of time. Jonathan Katz
silence suffer
Don't suffer in silence, you don't have to, go to the doctor.
silence statement
Silence is a statement that is open to gross misinterpretation.
silence noise silence-love
...it was necessary to love silence, but before you could love silence you had to have noise. Colum McCann
silence purpose lasts
Let the words of a virgin, though in a good cause, and to as good purpose, be neither violent, many, nor first, nor last; it is less shame for a virgin to be lost in a blushing silence than to be found in a bold eloquence. Francis Quarles