Quotes About Silence

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

Ä°nsan yaln?zca söylediklerinden deÄŸil, sustuklar?ndan da sorumludur.

It is best not to silence the mind with a crushing blow of our will.

The unhappiest moment I could never tell you. All our fights blend into each other and are in fact re-enactments of the same fight, in which we punish each other – I with words, Hugh with silence – for being each other.

i wonder what goes on night and day beneath the surface of a cemetery.

Slowly the fire died away; nobody spoke. They lay on their backs warming their toes and watching the trembling stars high above and the dark rustling crown of the black poplars etched against the velvet sky.

Tell me you have a plan." He swore when Colt didn't answer right away.

Focus on relaxing as you hold the stretch, not clenching, but relaxing and opening. This relaxes the brain as well as the body. You must relax the neck and head as well. If you keep the back skin of the neck passive and the tongue soft, there is no tension in the brain. This is silence in action, relaxation in action. As soon as you learn how to relax the tongue and throat, you know how to relax the brain, because there is also a connection between the tongue and the throat and the brain.

When you cannot hold the body still, you cannot hold the brain still. If you do not know the silence of the body, you cannot understand the silence of the mind. Action and silence have to go together.

You watch yourself from the inside. It is a full silence. Maintain a detached attitude toward the body and, at the same time, do not neglect any part of the body or show haste but remain alert while doing the asana.

Discretion of speech, is more than eloquence.

Seek to make thy course regular, that men may know beforehand, what they may expect; but be not too positive and peremptory; and express thyself well, when thou digressest from thy rule. Preserve the right of thy place; but stir not questions of jurisdiction; and rather assume thy right, in silence and de facto, than voice it with claims, and challenges. Preserve likewise the rights of inferior places; and think it more honor, to direct in chief, than to be busy in all.

Jay Z and Nas is probably my favorite rap beef because Nas was kinda quiet for a while.

I think a lot about the private emotions of black people - what we feel and yet is rarely publicly expressed.

I'm not gonna rat my people out!

It gives a fellow an awful shiver to hear the first shovelful of dirt and gravel rattle down upon the coffin; but after it is covered, it falls gently and makes no sound. The feeling of rest is perfect. There's no more nagging, no more pain!

Going as far back as 'Dexter's Lab,' we've always had these sequences with no dialogue. The interesting thing is those sequences got the biggest reactions.

Now, I realise that love is peace. Love is when you are with somebody, and it's okay, and you don't have to talk. Their presence is important.

To say what you feel is to dig your own grave.

I'll take a secret to my grave. I'm really good at that.

I love communicating non-verbally. I find great value in it.

I like playing guitar I don't like talking about it. I like writing riffs, I don't like explaining them.

When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.

It is difficult to have the guts to speak up about any kind of sexual assault.