Quotes About Silence

Whoever knows God, does not (any longer) say "God".

Los secretos Sufis son percibidos, no entendidos a través de palabras.

Quien conoce a Dios, (ya) no dice "Dios".

The nightingale which cannot bear the thorn, it is best that it should never speak of the rose.

La respuesta a la existencia de un tonto es el silencio.

All'usignolo che non sappia tollerare la spina è meglio non parlare mai della rosa.

Cierra los ojos y a obscuras piérdete bajo el follaje rojo de tus párpados. Húndete en esas espirales del sonido que zumba y cae y suena allá, remoto hacia el sitio del tímpano, como una catarata ensordecida. En esa sombra líquida del sueño moja tu desnudez; abandona tu forma, espuma que no se sabe quién dejó en la orilla; piérdete en ti, infinita, en tu infinito ser, mar que se pierde en otro mar; olvídate y olvídame. -Octavio Paz

Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.

Hearing a crow with no mouth Cry in the deep Darkness of the night, I feel a longing for My father before he was born.

flowers are silent silence is silent the mind is a silent flower the silent flower of the world opens

An old bandit adage: A bell is a cup until it is struck.

Meditation. That's the key. Supposedly. Calming your mind ind total silence. Understanding your connection to the natural world and all that. You do that, and you can hear it. All the talking.

because if you tell a lie when you are being eaten by a nearly dead queen, you are always struck dumb.

It hasn't been easy to listen to the conversations at the table. Even without anyone expecting me to say anything. It hasn't been easy to sit there watching other people's lives go on. I

the object again lifted off the ground and glided smoothly away in total silence. Again they tried to gain ground, but each time the object repeated the frustrating maneuver. It was clearly watching and reacting to them, trying to keep them at arm's length. Beneath his nervousness, Tom felt a spark of outrage. Who the hell do they think they are? he thought angrily.

La dictature c'est "Ferme ta gueule !", la démocratie c'est "Cause toujours !

Out of every one of those who have nothing to say, the nicest are those who keep it for themselves.

it was necessary to love silence, but before you could love silence you had to have noise.

Don't tell everyone everything. Sometimes it's better to simply keep your mouth shut.

[W]riting is a product of silence and solitude.

No hablábamos. ¿Qué pueden decirse dos corazones que se aman? Nada. Pero nuestros ojos lo expresaban todo.

Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius

He would send out the tumans to dominate the Sung for all time. He clenched his fist as he stood in the silence. They had almost fallen to a Mongol general. They would fall to the great khan.