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Quotes About Silence

Nu strig. Mi-am aruncat gura.
~ Aglaja Veteranyi
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made silently.
~ Agnes de Mille
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
~ Agnes de Mille
No trumpets sounds when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
~ Agnes de Mille
Det tog mig många år att inse vilken makt pappas tystnad hade utövat. Ja, mäns envisa tigande.
~ Agneta Pleijel
Wenn man keine Sprache hat, ist alles Durcheinander, und man hat Angst vor Dingen, von denen man sich nicht zu fürchten braucht. In dieser Zeit stotterten die meisten der Kinder um mich herum, sprachen laut oder verschluckten die Wörter. Wenn man keine Sprache hat, offenbart sich der nackte Charakter. Die Vielredner unter uns wurden noch lauter, und die in sich gekehrten verschluckten ihre Stimme. Ohne Muttersprache ist der Mensch verstümmelt.
~ Aharon Appelfeld
I didn't see her die, but I did hear her one and only scream
~ Aharon Appelfeld
One night I heard one of the refugees say, "There are atrocities that one should not speak about." "Why?" wondered another refugee. "I can't explain it to you." "You have to speak about everything, so that everyone will know what they did to us." "I'm not going to argue with you." "If we won't be witnesses, who will bear witness?" "They won't believe us, anyway.
~ Aharon Appelfeld
a trecut atata timp de cand nu i-a mai dat ascultare inimii ascultare inimii sale, ca aceasta a amutit.
~ Ahdaf Soueif
Keep watch over your mouth, lest it bring you to grief.
~ Ahiqar the Assyrian
To deny expression is a form of lying and a mode of suicide.
~ Ahmed Korayem
Il y a encore une mer à traverser oh encore une mer à traverser pour que j'invente mes poumons pour que le prince se taise pour que la reine me baise encore un vieillard à assassiner un fou à délivrer pour que mon âme luise aboie luise aboie aboie aboie et que hulule la chouette mon bel ange curieux.
~ Aimé Césaire
La connaissance poetique nait dans la grand silence de la connaissance scientifique
~ Aimé Césaire
Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge.
~ Aimé Césaire
Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.
~ Ajahn Brahm
The goal of this meditation is beautiful silence, stillness, and clarity of mind.
~ Ajahn Brahm
All you need to do is follow the instructions: Sit down, shut up, watch, and don't get involved. Gradually, the meditation experience will open up all by itself.
~ Ajahn Brahm
It is the high value that one gives to one's own thoughts that is the main obstacle to silent awareness. Wisely removing the importance that one gives to thinking, and realizing the greater accuracy of silent awareness, opens the door to inner silence.
~ Ajahn Brahm
The quieter you become the more happiness you have.
~ Ajahn Brahm
The three men shared a light meal of rice, miso soup with tofu and straw mushrooms, grilled butterfish, and various savory side dishes. (Daiyu's wife Mariko, as was customary, served them in silence, then ate later by herself in the kitchen.)
~ Akimitsu Takagi
I like silent pictures and I always have ... I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way: one of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
~ Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon)
those who have their mouths open all the time generally have their ears shut.
~ Alan Dean Foster
The silence lingers and we soak it up like a good steam. Men like silence. We believe in it. We crave it. To us, silence is equal to peace and synonymous with quiet. Thus the common gender-specific phrase uttered by men in homes throughout the world, usually in the evening and on weekends: "Can I please get some peace and quiet, please?
~ Alan Eisenstock
The central statement of faith in Judaism is the Sh'ma, which reads: "Hear Israel, the Lord your God, the Lord is One." Only in silence is it possible to hear.
~ Alan Morinis