Quotes About Silence

The second stage in Mussar practice involves restraint. Our new awareness calls out for active steps to change the circumstances of our lives. Once we realize how rarely the moments of real silence occur in our days, we can restrain the input and the output of noise that swirls around us. We do have a choice.

THE LESS SAID, the fewer mistakes; the greater the talk, the greater the headache. —YOSEF QIMHI (C. 1160–1235)

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that's the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing. Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.

I suggested we name one of the children Silence," said Dion, "a greatly underrated virtue.

Tails often say a lot more than mere words.

D-SAT, police lingo for those who didn't see a thing.

When I'm off the road, my husband and I recharge our batteries. It's a day of deep rest and connection with the spiritual, and that can be anything - going for a walk in nature, being in silence, burning incense.

The trouble with the dead, Triumvir Ilia Volyova thought, was that they had no real idea when to shut up.

Across the land, the semaphore towers stood deathly still.

I don't like to talk about my personal life, so I will not talk about others. I don't give advice. I give advice to only my mother, father, and brother on health.

I try to avoid talking about my personal life, but I certainly don't get angry about it - I just don't talk about it.

I don't like to talk about my personal life.

I keep my personal life personal. I don't talk about it.

I'm really not comfortable talking about my personal life.

I believe that it is my responsibility to keep my personal life normal by not talking about it.

I don't like discussing about my personal life in front of everyone.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.

I think people are obsessed with their pets because pets don't speak. It's that simple. After you hang up the phone, you never hear a dog say, 'You're a liar, and you are making the same self-sabotaging mistakes that have kept you single for far too long.'

I always keep my phone on vibrate. Ringtones give me anxiety.

Have you ever felt like a phone call that's been disconnected?

The podcast is a bit like a phone call, except you don't say anything.

One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.

Do you ever think about the fact that Jesus never said a mumbling word? You may have heard that phrase before, but how much have you ever thought about it?

I was quiet a lot when I was picked on as a kid because I didn't have anything to say back.