Quotes About Silence

I kiss her mouth and I know... for everything there is a word... for everything but this.

A tiredness crept over her that would shame narcoleptics. She could sleep anytime, anywhere, in any position. No hyperbole. I mean, we'd be at the dinner table, and I'd be in mid-sentence when I'd detect a fresh, eerie silence in the room, the kind that didn't sound to my blind man's ears like somebody listening. I'd just carry on with dinner, and hope that she'd made it to bed this time.

Freedom of expression: It's an obstruction of justice when one is not able and allowed to express himself justly, he becomes a prisoner.

Shuddap, Woman. I'm trying to think!

The thief left it behind: the moon at my window.

He longed for it to be winter. A cold wind would blow, the sea would pound, and he would rise cheerful and fit from a delicious sleep beneath warm blankets. Then would come days in which he would write his great novel. The kettle would boil and hot coffee would froth in his cup. In the garden the citron would flower beneath a brilliant moon, its branches dripping fragrance. The starry sky would sweeten the soft silence and Hemdat would pour the dew of his soul into the sea-blue night.

I wanted to say something as a man does who suddenly finds himself in a quiet place but I said nothing, like a man who suddenly finds himself in a quiet place and also keeps quiet.

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

Hast thou not perfect excellence, ?tis best To keep thy tongue in silence, for ?tis this Which shames a man; as lightness does attest The nut is empty, nor of value is.

Konu?maya ne lüzum vard?? Bütün güzel laflardan ve ho? insanlardan s?k?lan bu mahluklar?, birbirlerinin sessiz mevcudiyeti, yorgunluk verecek kadar doyuruyordu.

?nsanlar?n birbirlerini aramalar?, bulmalar? ve birbirlerinin içini seyretmeleri için konu?man?n neden muhakkak surette laz?m olmad???n?, neden baz? ?airlerin boyuna, tabiat?n güzelli?i kar??s?nda yanlar?nda konu?madan gidecek birini arad?klar?n? anlad?m.

Türkçenin kendine mahsus bir manas?zl???... Dünyada hiçbir lisanda bu kabiliyet yoktur... Saatlerce konu?up hiçbir ?ey ifade etmemek kabiliyeti!

sana yeni bir dünya açaca??m? sanm??t?n... seni sukutuhayale u?ratt?m. ben sana rehber de?il, ancak yolda? olabilirdim, fakat yolu ikimiz de bilmiyorduk ve birbirimize yük olmaktan, birbirimizi ?a??rtmaktan ba?ka bir ?ey elimizden gelmiyordu.

?çimde yar?m kalm?? bir konu?man?n üzüntüsü vard?

I'd only stop talking when... I disappeared, or when I slept, which is the same as disappearing but horizontally.

As in flowers, beauty grows slowly, silently in the poet.

I have learned that trying again is important and decisivness is good. I have learned that silence hurts. I have learned about starting over and releasing pride.

in the inner life, there is only one kind of revolution and it is a silent one. It is about moving from unwillingness to willingness.

But in the inner life, there is only one kind of revolution and it is a silent one. It is about moving from unwillingness to willingness.

When we say something that does not really mean anything to us, that does not burn within us, it is tantamount to a lie. It is actually better to shut up. We

An idiot can sit here quietly. A mystic can sit here quietly.

I was to learn later that Elijah Muhammad's tales, like this one of "Yacub," infuriated the Muslims of the East. While at Mecca, I reminded them that it was their fault, since they themselves hadn't done enough to make real Islam known in the West. Their silence left a vacuum into which any religious faker could step and mislead our people.

Silence is the enemy of social change.