Quotes About Silence

Time to talk over every day of the time they had been apart, time to reach the companionable silences when all that needed to be said was said. And all this the gift of Brother Mark. Wonderful what riches a man can bestow who by choice and vocation possesses nothing! The world is full of small, beneficent miracles.

One way to be sure of saying nothing that can be taken amiss is to say nothing at all.

Rather a tremor on the air than an audible sound.

We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

All night have the roses heardThe flute, violin, bassoon;All night has the casement jessamine stirr'dTo the dancers dancing in tune;Till a silence fell with the waking bird,And a hush with the setting moon.

It is the little rift within the lute,That by and by will make the music mute,And ever widening slowly silence all.

Twilight and evening bell,And after that the dark.

Who is wise in love, love most, say least.

The dusk rapidly deepened; the glades grew dark; the crackling of the fire and the wash of little waves along the rocky lake shore were the only sounds audible. The wind had dropped with the sun, and in all that vast world of branches nothing stirred. Any moment, it seemed, the woodland gods, who are to be worshipped in silence and loneliness, might stretch their mighty and terrific outlines among the trees.

Mountains overawe and oceans terrify, while the mystery of great forests exercises a spell peculiarly its own.

Do not menion them more than you help. Do not refer to them by name. To name is to reveal; it is the inevitable clue, and our only hope lies in ignoring them, in order that they may ignore us.

Punk had in him still the instincts of his dying race; his taciturn silence and his endurance survived; also his superstition.

Here was the stillness of eternity.

The Wise are silent, the Foolish speak, and children are thus led astray.

Deep silence fell about the little camp, planted there so audaciously in the jaws of the wilderness. The lake gleamed like a sheet of black glass beneath the stars. The cold air pricked. In the draughts of night that poured their silent tide from the depths of the forest, with messages from distant ridges and from lakes just beginning to freeze, there lay already the faint, bleak odors of coming winter. ("The Wendigo")

The loneliness of the place had entered our very bones, and silence seemed natural, for after a bit the sound of our voices became a trifle unreal and forced; whispering would have been the fitting mode of communication, I felt, and the human voice, always rather absurd amid the roar of the elements, now carried with it something almost illegitimate. It was like talking out loud in church, or in some place where it was not lawful, perhaps not quite safe, to be overheard.

Mrs. Bittarcy rustled ominously, holding her peace meanwhile. She feared long words she did not understand. Beelzebub lay hid among too many syllables. ("The Man Whom The Trees Loved")

For words divide and rend;But silence is most noble till the end.

Silence is one of the gates to wisdom.

Some signs of understanding are: clemency, knowledge, and silence. Silence is one of the doors to wisdom. It brings about love and is evidence for all good.

Time will come when one's safety lies in ten things: nine of which are in staying aloof from men, and the tenth in staying silent.

Silence is a door among the doors of wisdom - indeed, silence begets and attracts love, it is the proof of all the beneficiences.

The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.