Quotes about silence

"Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us."

Thoreau, Henry David on silence   

"The Pause; that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, however so felicitous, could accomplish it."

Twain, Mark on silence
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"Those that are silent profess consent."

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"Consider the whale: It never gets into trouble until it comes up and starts spouting."

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"I don't know whether to keep silent and let people think I am ignorant or open my mouth and release all doubts."

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"I went down with the ship but I kept my mouth shut so I didn't drown like the rest of them."

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"Keep your mouth closed until your mind is in gear."

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"Silence is never more golden than when you hold it long enough to get all the facts before you speak."

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"Sometimes silence is not golden -- just yellow."

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"There's nothing wrong with having nothing to say -- unless you insist on saying it."

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"You are a slave to what you do say, a master of what you don't say."

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"The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint."

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"He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing."

Wilde, Oscar on silence   

"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."

Wittgenstein, Ludwig on silence   

"I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue."

Xenocrates of Chalcedon on silence   

"Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?"

Young, Brigham on silence
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"Silence is the sanctuary of the prudent, it conceals not only secrets but also imperfections."

Zacharia on silence   

"It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence."

Stojanovic, Dejan on silence   

"Beyond all vanities, fights, and desires, omnipotent silence lies."

Stojanovic, Dejan on silence   

"In every sound, the hidden silence sleeps."

Stojanovic, Dejan on silence   

"In an endless silence even screams sound silent."

Stojanovic, Dejan on silence   

"A word into the silence thrown always finds its echo somewhere where silence opens hidden lexicons. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on silence   

"Since nothing is absolute, there is no absolute silence, only an appearance of temporary peace. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on silence   

"Since there is no real silence, silence will contain all the sounds, all the words, all the languages, all knowledge, all memory. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on silence   

""Silence is a power only in the hands of enlightened minds, but weakness in the mind of helpless hands."~Anuj Somany "

Anuj Somany on silence