silence quotes

“Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.” Rumi. We collected some of the best quotes about silence, being silent and breaking the silence. Which one is your favorite?

“Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations. ”

— Aldous Huxley

“Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge? ”

— Sophocles

“Silence is an ornament for women.”

— Sophocles

“And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot

“The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”

— Helen Keller

“Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.”

— Muhammad Ali

“The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.”

— Blaise Pascal

“There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best.”

— Pope John Paul II

“Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Silence is the virtue of fools.”

— Francis Bacon

“In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.”

— Judy Garland

“If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

“The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

“My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.”

— Adele

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”

— Ansel Adams

“Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.”

— William Seward Burroughs

“Only silence perfects silence.”

— Archie Randolph Ammons

“Great souls suffer in silence.”

— Friedrich Schiller

silence quotes

“Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.” Rumi. We collected some of the best quotes about silence, being silent and breaking the silence. Which one is your favorite?

“The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.”

“Silence is true wisdom's best reply. ”

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

“Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations. ”

“Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.”

“Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.”

“Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.”

“Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge? ”

“Silence is an ornament for women.”

“And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. ”

“The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.”

“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”

“Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.”

“The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.”

“There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best.”

“Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.”

“Silence is the virtue of fools.”

“In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.”

“If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”

“The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.”

“My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.”

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”

“Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.”

“Only silence perfects silence.”

“Great souls suffer in silence.”