Quotes About Silence

In a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer.

When someone blamed Hecataeus the sophist because that, being invited to the public table, he had not spoken one word all supper-time, Archidamidas answered in his vindication 'He who knows how to speak, knows also when'.

Theseus] soon found himself involved in factions and troubles; those who long had hated him had now added to their hatred contempt; and the minds of the people were so generally corrupted, that, instead of obeying commands with silence, they expected to be flattered into their duty.

Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Painting is silent poetry.

Y mis palabras se sentían arrancadas de su jaula de silencio cuando las atraías con el alpiste dorado de tu ternura inmensa.

A dead man cannot bite.

I am only a poor man, accustomed to small things and silence.

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.

The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets.

he was reminded over and over how the best part about living was that others could not know your thoughts...

I have been through so much, I wanted to say, but the words were tangled in my throat.

Their roaring machines filled the silence of their own deserts, gouged the quiet face of their own moon, shook the planets with a senseless fury of meaningless energy. They were the conquerors, and it never occurred to them that an ancient peace and stillness could be worth preserving.

Dahulu dia selalu katakan apa yang dia pikirkan, tangiskan, apa yang ditanggungkan, teriakan ria kesukaan di dalam hati remaja. Kini dia harus diam- tak ada kuping sudi suaranya.

Tidak, yang mati tidak harus bisu. Energi mereka tetap hidup melalui berbagai cara, jalan dan sarana, terutama melalui kenangan dan mulut para nyawa yang lolos dari saringannya di Buru ini. Pada suatu kali mungkin ada yang mampu mencatatnya tanpa tangannya gemetar dan tanpa membasahi kertasnya.

Tidak semua kebenaran dan kenyataan perlu dikatakan pada seseorang atau pada siapapun

Good things not spoke but bad things many spokes...but good things more than powerful silent.

Good things not spoke but bad things many spokes...but it's more than powerful silent.

Qu'elles soient fabriquées ou réelles, les questions du présent ne doivent jamais nous faire oublier les silences du passé.

Baffle them with your silence! Shock them with your philosophy.

Listen to taciturnity. It has too much to utterance.

Not looking for any argument in the dark.

Nothing beats the prestigious silence.