Quotes About Silence

Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.

This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.

I generally think that I should only speak by action and not by words.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

A fool and his words are soon parted.

Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

Some actors are better with words than me. I prefer to play it rather than say it - and keep people thinking.

I realised quite early that by the time I articulate my thoughts into words, I'm on to another thought. And what comes out wasn't what I thought of exactly. So not talking was a better option.

There's a voice in all of us, and you can only get expressive through words. There's a limit to what you can do without speaking.

Mime is an art beyond words. It is the art of the essential. And you cannot lie. You have to show the truth.

Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.

I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

It's a difficult competition against silence, because silence is a perfect language, the only language which says with no words.

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

I have no words for my reality.

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to keep our mouths shut and let our actions speak for words.

There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words.

Sometimes a couple notes are worth a thousand words.

I know pictures say a thousand words, but they also don't say millions of other words that need to be said.

I have invited our little seamstress to take her thread and needle and sew our two mouths together.