Quotes About Silence

Silence is a form of communication. Speech divides us.

All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite.

Empathize with silence by listening for the feelings and needs behind it.

How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.

Of those who say nothing, few are silent.

The triumphs of a mysterious non-meeting are desolate ones; unspoken phrases, silent words.

The denial of language is a suicidal one and we pay for it with our own lives.

Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken.

I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.

Think first. Talk less. Start today.

Not communicating saves energy; it keeps people from worrying about things they cannot do anything about; and it eliminates an enormous amount of useless talk.

There are times when silence is the most sacred of responses.

To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning nor does a downpour last a whole day.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

I have no mouth. And I must scream.

The silences express so much and are so crucial in music, and prose does not allow for the creation of these silences, these white spaces on the page or the computer screen.

Confidence is seen, not heard.

Stay cool, hang loose, admit nothing.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice that is neither very democratic nor very just.

You see another side of Draco when he's with his dad. When Draco is with his dad, he doesn't say anything. He keeps his mouth shut. He's sort of bullied by his dad, so he acts very different.

My dad's not a big talker.