Silence Quotes

True humility involves opposites. The truly humble work in silence. Because they do not speak of their accomplishments, credit for them can never be taken away.

It's the silence I imagine in the rest of the world, the silence of an endless ocean and uninhabitable island, a silence that can be seen from space.

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.

The truth is known in silence. Be still and know.

The only thing I trust is silence. And I trust silence completely.

The very essence of your Being is infinite, eternal silence. It is your true nature. It is the essence of all existence.

Those who condemn the supreme certainty of mathematics feed on confusion, and can never silence the contradictions of the sophistical sciences which lead to eternal quackery.

... true love is like religion, it hath its silence and its sanctity.

Anon, to sudden silence won, In fancy they pursue The dream-child moving through the land Of wonders wild and new, In friendly chat with bird or beast - And half believe it true.

The desperation meeting the silence with its unmasked wish.

Sombre and rich, the skies; Great glooms, and starry plains. Gently the night wind sighs; Else a vast silence reigns.

Sometimes silence was easiest, when the only word left was good-bye.

He was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling of balance and excitement and peace.

Yet still there whispers the small voice within, Heard through Gain's silence, and o'er Glory's din; Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man's conscience is the oracle of God.

Silence and reserve suggest latent power. What some men think has more effect than what others say.

we perceive silence where, in fact, there is a muffler.

Never be silent with persons you love and distrust," Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays.

I'm afraid to speak or move for fear that all this wonderful beauty will just vanish... like a broken silence.

To refuse to respond is in itself a response.

I like the idea of going to one of those retreats where you don't speak - like, silence for five days.

Silence was never a wrong answer.

There was something awful about terror trapped behind silence.

There was something awful about terror trapped behind silence. About latent emotions that couldn't be acted out." "Cole's thoughts on page 248 of Linger.

Day after day, we culture our minds with the deep silence of our own Being.

Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.

When I don't understand something, I reach up and hold God's hand. And we walk together in silence.

When they remain silent, they cry out.

Silence equals nonexistence. If I don't raise my voice, it's like I never existed.

I think political correctness really does help us when it serves us but it doesn't help us when it silences us.

Political correctness sometimes does great work when it helps equalize the playing field when it comes to language, but it does a great disservice when it tries to silence a person of color.

there are few things that are more endearing than the grace of listening with attention; indeed, it is more than endearing, it is impressive - for no one knows what wisdom lies concealed in silence!

Because music is a language unto itself, when I'm writing, I need silence. I need to hear the music and the rhythms of the words inside my thoughts.

I had over twenty years ago damaged the cilia in my ears. This has taught me many things. One thing I learned, paradoxically, is that there is much to be heard in silence.

When we walk in the sun our shadows are like barges of silence.

it is not wise to keep the fire going under a slander unless you can get some large advantage out of keeping it alive. Few slanders can stand the wear of silence.

The silence was always the greates temptation.

Our generation will not have regretted both perverse crimes, and the eerie silence of the kind

Enigmatic - the quality of keeping silent and making people wonder if one is stupid rather than opening one's mouth and removing all doubt.

An audience of twenty thousand, sitting on its hands, could not have produced such an echoing silence.

After a lifetime of silence, it is difficult then to speak.

The tranquility of my room partakes too much of Forest Lawn.

A quiet fool can go undiscovered for a long time.

Some subjects come up suddenly in our speech and cannot be silenced.

When I'm there, it's pure silence. There are other writers there, too, and I get super competitive. I have this weird fear that some guy next to me is writing this amazing novel, so I got to compete.

The truth will lead me to all.

Each time a dancer moves devoutly or a composer faithfully searches the silence for the veiled melodies, eternity is engaged.

Sound is a subtle form of speech and then more subtle than sound is silence and that's like the realm of being.

Foxy girls know that silence may be golden-but only for four seconds. Anything longer and you're heading for Awkward Avenue.

We were once fish! We spent millions of years under the water in silence! That's why now we love talking continuously!

Make no cry in failure! Make no noise in success! In failure, silence; in success, silence! Fly with the same attitude both in the high and in the low altitudes!