Silence Quotes - Page 2

In music, silence is more important than sound.

In an argument, you may silence your opponent by pressing an advantage of strength or of wealth, or of education. But you do not really convince him. Though he is no longer saying anything, in his heart he still keeps to his opinion, the only way to make him change that opinion is to speak quietly and reasonably. When he understands that you are not trying to defeat him, but only to find the truth, he will listen to you and perhaps accept what you tell him.

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men.

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

Shift your attention from words to silence and you will hear.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

The problem is no longer getting people to express themselves, but providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say. Repressive forces don’t stop people from expressing themselves, but rather, force them to express themselves. What a relief to have nothing to say, the right to say nothing, because only then is there a chance of framing the rare, or ever rarer, the thing that might be worth saying.

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

I wish I could live underwater. Maybe then my skin would absorb the sea’s consoling silence.

Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning.

Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.

My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences.

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.

Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.

Dancing, singing, storytelling and silence are the four universal healing salves.

There is a huge silence inside each of us that beckons us into itself, and the recovery of our own silence can begin to teach us the language of heaven.

Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.

Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

The secret of tango is in this moment of improvisation that happens between step and step. It is to make the impossible thing possible: to dance silence.