Silence Quotes

Oneness is inner silence, which remains undisturbed by external factors. This silence is not the opposite of noise. That is inner Oneness.

Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul.

There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you're asked.

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

Do not speak unless you can improve the silence.

Read between the lines.Then meet me in the silence if you can.

Let's have a moment of silence for all the chubby Asian dudes that are getting 'Gangnam style!' yelled at them by bros around the world.

The silence of a wise man is always meaningful.

Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamour of silence.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Friendship needs no words.

Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.

Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it's the only time you can hear the whispering of truth.

You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men, and diligently examine your own weaknesses.

What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?

Shut up, sit in that chair there and go into a deep trance!

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.

Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity.

The landscapist lives in silence.

When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an oppressive situation, silence is death.

It was the time of year, the time of day, for a small insistent sadness to pass into the texture of things. Dusk, silence, iron chill. Something lonely in the bone.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

I love silence. But I usually only listen to that when I'm sleeping.

To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening to the boom of silence: you can't imagine what that's like.

Listen to God's speech in his wondrous, terrible, gentle, loving, all-embracing silence.

In the dark morning silence, I placed a gun to her head. She wore red dresses, but now she lay dead.

Let's have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle.

There can be nothing more baffling in a human relationship than silence, the dark loom of doubts and questions unexpressed.

He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.

If you rest in the silence inside, all those you meet will have their spiritual hearts resuscitated.

Never say anything unless you have to.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Silence is a learned practice that requires far more than just not talking. Not talking is not silence; it's just not talking.

Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms.

Real work is completed in silence and strikes a chord in the minds of only a very few.

It's in the silence that your problems just dissolve. Try it. It really works.

Speech is great, but silence is greater.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.

If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.

Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.

The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet.

And as we stray further from love, we multiply the words. Had we remained together we could have become a silence.

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

Write even when the world is chaotic. You don’t need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement.

In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people.

Sound has spoiled the most ancient of the world's arts, the art of pantomime, and has canceled out the great beauty that is silence.