Quotes About Silence

Don't Ask Me Nothing About Nothing, I Just Might Tell You the Truth

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

Even though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.

The soul enjoys silence and peace, not by many reasonings, but by simply contemplating the truth.

Silence is the mother of truth.

The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.

Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with undivided mind for the truth of your speaking.

The truth is silent. The truth doesn't come with words. It's something that I just know; it's something that I can feel without words, and it's called silent knowledge.

Help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written.

Maintaining silence about a dirty truth is another way of lying, a common practice in high places.

Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.

To tell the truth days are all the same size and words aren't much company.

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing.

It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence.

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

When the conspiracy of lies surrounding me demands of me to silence the one word of truth given to me, that word becomes the one word I wish to utter above all others.

It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent.

Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth of what he said.

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

Tell the truth once and for all and shut up forever.

The Bible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the Qur'an is mute; if you burned them all together you'd get close to the truth.

Though her soul requires seeing, the culture around her requires sightlessness. Though her soul wishes to speak its truth, she is pressured to be silent.