Silence Quotes
183 Silence quotes:
"I don't think you ever silence critics. They'll be critics in the morning, that's part of the deal."
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"Burglars and bad guys don't like noise. Silence is their friend. They don't want to see lights. They don't want to see noise."
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"Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence."
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"With this disproportionate sentence ... the judges are clearly trying to silence the journal."
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"Initially there was silence in the room. We had them in a circle. When we stated the places that are included in Southwest Asia, you could hear a pin drop. There was an intense look on their faces."
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"I remember the silence, the eerie sound of silence."
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"Silence may be as variously shaded as speech"
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"Silence betokens consent"
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"If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible."
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"The desert has its holiness of silence, the crowd its holiness of conversation"
Silence Quotes
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"When thou art quiet and silent, then art thou as God was before nature and creature; thou art that which God then wats; thou art that whereof he made thy nature and creature: Then thou hearest and seest even with that wherewith God himself saw and heard in thee, before every thine own willing or thine own seeing began."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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"Sticks and stones are hard on bones aimed with angry art. Words can sting like anything but silence breaks the heart."
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"'Tis best to be silent in a bad cause."
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"The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace."
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"Consider the whale: It never gets into trouble until it comes up and starts spouting."
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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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"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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