Quotes About Silence

Mulch locked his mouth and threw away the key.

Shut up, idiot. I'm counting bongs.

Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent.

Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.

you're unable to make someone change his views, recognize that he is a child, and clap as he does. Or if you don't care to act in such a way, you have only to keep quiet.

At a feast, do not give a speech about how everyone should eat. Only eat as you should. Socrates never made a spectacle of himself or put on an air of authority. In philosophical conversations, follow his example—stay mostly silent; ask questions and listen intently. If anyone calls you ignorant and says you know nothing, be sure that you are now a true student of philosophy.

It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs. -

It is silent, an anagram for listen. That is what I do. Listen while she remains silent.

Inside every pause lived a contemplation

It's impossible to generalize about sexuality - even one's own. The only way to keep it pure is to keep it unspoken. Keep it out of words. Words are not where sexuality lives. Without privacy, there is no ecstasy.

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. It seems to hammer you into the ground. It drives you deeper and deeper into your own guilt. It makes the voices inside your head accuse you more viciously than any outside voices ever could.

I pensieri che non dici sono pensieri che pesano, che si incrostano, che ti opprimono, che ti immobilizzano, che prendono il posto delle idee nuove e che ti infettano.

Si ce que tu dis n'est pas plus beau que le silence, alors tais-toi

Dac? pronunÈ›i cuvântul MOARTE într-un spital, nimeni nu aude. E sigur c? se las? t?cerea È™i-apoi se schimb? subiectul.

Il faut du bruit pour entendre le silence .

Les muettes étoiles ont toujours rendu les hommes bavards.

C'est étrange, l'amitié. Alors qu'en amour, on parle d'amour, entre vrais amis on ne parle pas d'amitié. L'amitié, on la fait sans la nommer ni la commenter.

Jun, n?u nh?ng cái con nói không ??p hÆ¡n sá»± im l?ng thì con ??ng nói

Je?eli to, co mówisz, nie jest piÄ™kniejsze od ciszy, lepiej milcz.

And no one ever told her anything at all. Tears and shouted questions got her nothing but pitying looks and new dolls. While the dolls were nice, she still wanted to know where her mother had really gone and when her real papa was coming back to her. That was when she learned to be quiet and watch. When she tucked herself away in corners, people forgot she was there and talked about things in quiet, calm ways with no baby-speak. Bea hated baby-speak.

Shush... Lest She Awaken.

Silence is a powerful enemy of social justice.

Bengali poem by Ram Mohun Roy which bears on the subject matter of this essay.* Roy explains what is really dreadful about death: Just consider how terrible the day of your death will be. Others will go on speaking, and you will not be able to argue back.

I cast out the crime of me; my casualty. Silence, you must leave. Sadness, go. Surrender, shame. Cruelty, quiet now.