Quotes About Silence

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said.

Words can make a deeper scar than silence can heal.

If any man can show just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.

The Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon.

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

So that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid.

If only closed minds came with closed mouths.

The easiest way to save face is to keep the lower half shut.

The stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

The easiest way to keep a secret is without help.

[K]iss.... A trick of nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

The oaks and the pines, and their brethren of the wood, have seen so many suns rise and set, so many seasons come and go, and so many generations pass into silence, that we may well wonder what "the story of the trees" would be to us if they had tongues to tell it, or we ears fine enough to understand.

Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.

If these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths.

A closed mouth gathers no feet.

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

Quando um coração se fecha, faz muito mais barulho do que uma porta.