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Silence Quotes - Page 20

Being a lady does not require silence.

Address at the International Women’s Year meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, geraldrfordfoundation.org. October 25, 1975.

Silence hides nothing. Words conceal.

August Strindberg (2014). “Strindberg Plays: 1: The Father; Miss Julie; The Ghost Sonata”, p.179, A&C Black

Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.

A. Devaraja Mudaliar, Maharshi Ramana (1968). “Day by Day with Bhagavan: From a Diary of A. Devaraja Mudaliar, Covering March 16, 1945 to January 4, 1947”

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence, Delivered 4 April 1967, Riverside Church, New York City

And silence, like darkness, can be kind; it, too, is a language.

Hanif Kureishi (2002). “Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories”, p.13, Simon and Schuster