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And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. [New Testament]
- Bible
Silence Motivational Quotes



Best Quotes about Silence

1.
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

2.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln

3.
The most profound statements are often said in silence.
Lynn Johnston

4.
A silent mouth is melodious.
Proverb, Irish

5.
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
Publilius Syrus

6.
'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln

7.
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

8.
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

9.
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
Peter Minard

10.
Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Helprin, Mark

11.
Their silence is sufficient praise.
Terence

12.
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques

13.
Silence is the sanctuary of the prudent, it conceals not only secrets but also imperfections.
Zacharia

14.
Those that are silent profess consent.

15.
I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.
Xenocrates of Chalcedon

16.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa

17.
There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

18.
When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.
Disraeli, Benjamin

19.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
Sir Francis Bacon

20.
An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.
Bagehot, Walter

21.
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

22.
Silence is never more golden than when you hold it long enough to get all the facts before you speak.

23.
The man who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Hubbard, Elbert

24.
If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
O'Malley, Austin

25.
Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo

26.
Sometimes silence is not golden -- just yellow.

27.
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig

28.
The greatest admiration gives rise not to words, but to silence.
Musonnius

29.
There are times when silence has the loudest voice.
Brownlow, Leroy

30.
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
Coolidge, Calvin

31.
What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of it. I think from now on I'm going to stick to what she actually does say because I don't have that kind of time.
Katz, Jonathan

32.
Keep your mouth closed until your mind is in gear.

33.
The silent dog is the first to bite.
Proverb

34.
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
Plutarch

35.
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
Muhammad Ali

36.
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. [New Testament]
Bible

37.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.
Blaise Pascal

38.
I have been breaking silence these twenty-three years and have hardly made a rent in it.
Thoreau, Henry David

39.
'Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.
Ovid

40.
Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
KuBler-Ross, Elisabeth

41.
With silence favor me. (Favete Linguis)
Horace

42.
The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.
Proverb, Arabian

43.
Silence is more musical than any song.
Christina Rossetti

44.
Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.
Samuel Johnson

45.
Silence is a text easy to misread.
A. A. Attanasio

46.
I don't know whether to keep silent and let people think I am ignorant or open my mouth and release all doubts.

47.
You are a slave to what you do say, a master of what you don't say.

48.
Sometimes a whisper speaks volumes.
Sheddan, Scott

49.
Not to ask is not be denied.
Dryden, John

50.
In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
Meister Eckhart


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