Quotes about silence
silence noise world
The loudest noise in the world is silence. Thelonious Monk
silence ems answers
Albert grunted. "Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions?" Mort thought for a moment. "No," he said eventually, "what?" There was silence. Then Albert straightened up and said, "Damned if I know. Probably they get answers, and serve 'em right. Terry Pratchett
silence language inertia
Silence is the language of inertia. Margaret Heffernan
silence mind criticism
The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator, have been crushed in silence and secrecy by his own severe criticism and adverse examination! Michael Faraday
silence three dawn
Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts. Patrick Rothfuss
silence important notes
The silence between the notes is the good part for me. I find that to be a very important part of music that is often lacking. Leon Redbone
silence unspoken-words doe
The unspoken word never does harm. Lajos Kossuth
silence moments psychological
He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing. Oscar Wilde
silence trying succeed
We try to abolish intervals by our manic insistence on keeping busy, on doing something. And as a result, all we succeed in doing is destroying all hope of tranquility. ... . You have to learn to immerse yourself in the silences between. Lyall Watson
silence emotion speak
Never rush an emotion; everything in life has a rhythm, it is the pauses and silences that speak the truth. Michael Jackson
silence quality modesty
Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation. Michel de Montaigne
silence speech corporations
The solution when you don't like someone's speech is not to silence that person, or that corporation. It's more and louder speech of your own. Michael Kinsley
silence temptation
The silence was always the greates temptation. Markus Zusak
silence progressive achieve
The pause - that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, howsoever felicitous, could accomplish it. Mark Twain
silence feelings deepest-feelings
The deepest feelings always show itself in silence. Marianne Williamson
silence soul sabbath
Silence is the Sabbath of the soul. Therein we rest, and therein we hear everything.
silence scandal
Silence kills scandal. Mason Cooley
silence answers silence-is
silence is the most intolerable of answers.
silence too-much rooms
The tranquility of my room partakes too much of Forest Lawn.
silence silent silence-is
Nothing is more useful than silence. Menander
silence strategy discourse
There is not one but many silences, and they are an integral part of the strategies that underlie and permeate discourses. Michel Foucault
silence causes silent
Tis best to be silent in a bad cause. Ovid
silence secret faults
To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.
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 poet fingers
Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence. Joseph Joubert
silence world scandal
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence. Moliere
silence has-beens
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled. Horace
silence individuality speech
The orator puts off his individuality, and is then most eloquent when most silent. He listens while he speaks, and is a hearer along with his audience. Henry David Thoreau
silence
What can be expressed in words can be expressed in life.