Silent Quotes

The power is with the silent ones, who only live and love and then withdraw their personality. They never say “me” and “mine”; they are only blessed in being instruments

I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.

One of the main differences between silent meditation and chanting is that silent meditation is rather dependent on concentration, but when you chant, it's more of a direct connection with God.

A yawn is a silent shout.

Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear.

Women are attracted to silent men. They believe they are listening.

The million little things that drop into your hands, The small opportunities each day brings, He leaves us free to use or abuse, And goes unchanging along His silent way

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

You can see the goldenrod, that most tenacious and pernicious and beauteous of all New England flora, bowing away from the wind like a great and silent congregation.

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person

Being patient does not mean being silent.

The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent.

You do not need to justify asking questions. But if you think you have found answers, you do not have the right to remain silent.

The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will never reach this level.

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

We can hear the silent voice of the spiritual universe within our own hearts.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

Silent people are dangerous; others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux; Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. G.B. Stern "If you count all your assets, you always show a profit."

The great silent man! Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world,--words with little meaning, actions with little worth,--one loves to reflect on the great Empire of Silence.

Give food to the birds, you will then be surrounded by the wings of love, you will be encompassed by the joys of little silent hearts!

Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, because whoever is silent dissents.

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.

I enjoy many silent moments with my cat, a conversation always resumed exactly where left off.

Our ego is our silent partner...too often with a controlling interest.

Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.

Silence is death. If you speak, you die. If you are silent, you die. So speak, and die.

to that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.

Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you.

I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.

When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music.

A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen.

The world thirsts for grace. When grace descends, the world falls silent before it.

Know that the mirror of the heart is boundless. . . Here, opinions become silent, otherwise they will lead you into errors. . . for the heart is sacred - even more the heart is sacredness itself.

in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.

Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.

The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat.

Let soul speak with the silent articulation of a face.

Gardening gave me a way to work with silence; not "in silence" but "with silence" - it was a silent creativity.

I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful when rain bends down the bough; And I shall be more silent and cold hearted than you are now.

Prayer is a silent surrendering of everything to God.

Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth of what he said.

Our lives are rivers, gliding free to that unfathomed, boundless sea, the silent grave!

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful an influence, as indolence.

Since I've learned to be silent, everything has come so much closer to me.

The laws will not be silent in time of war but they'll speak with a somewhat different voice.