Motivational Quotes

Silence

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

- Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Best Quotes about Silence

When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.

Churchill, Winston

Silence is the perfectos herald of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much.

Shakespeare, William

He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.

Smith, Sydney

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

It takes more time and effort and delicacy to learn the silence of a people than to learn its sounds. Some people have a special gift for this. Perhaps this explains why some missionaries, notwithstanding their efforts, never come to speak properly, to communicate delicately through silences. Although they speak with the accent of natives they remain forever thousands of miles away. The learning of the grammar of silence is an art much more difficult to learn than the grammar of sounds.

Illich, Ivan

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

Sticks and stones are hard on bones aimed with angry art. Words can sting like anything but silence breaks the heart.

Mcginley, Phyllis

Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

William Penn

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Silence is more musical than any song.

Christina Rossetti

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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. [Proverbs 17:28]

Bible

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An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.

Delint, Charles

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Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?

Marceau, Marcel

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I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Syrus, Publilius

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A silent mouth is melodious.

Proverb, Irish

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The greatest admiration gives rise not to words, but to silence.

Musonnius

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Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.

Chopra, Deepak

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It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.

John of the Cross, St.

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

Ausonius

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'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Gaulle, Charles De

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Keep your mouth closed until your mind is in gear.

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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

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A man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Thomas Hardy

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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Carlyle, Thomas

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A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

Richards, Edward Hersey

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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Plutarch

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Silence is the virtue of fools.

Sir Francis Bacon

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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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Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Helprin, Mark

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'Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.

Ovid

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Sometimes silence is not golden -- just yellow.

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An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.

Bagehot, Walter

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A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.

Dante Alighieri

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The most profound statements are often said in silence.

Lynn Johnston

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Silence is a text easy to misread.

A. A. Attanasio

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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

Confucius

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

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There are grammatical errors even in his silence.

Stanislaw J. Lec

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Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Huxley, Aldous

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The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them known only to those who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent, passive, and noiseless though they be, they yet set in action countless multitudes, and change the order of nations.

Giles, Henry

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With silence favor me. (Favete Linguis)

Horace

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Silence is argument carried on by other means.

Guevara, Che

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

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