Quotes About Silence

Thick mist swirled up from the river. Someone, Who claimed to have known me years before, Approached, saying there were many poets Wandering around who wished to be alive again. They were ready to say the words they had been unable to say— Words whose absence had been the silence of love, Of pain, and even of pleasure. —Mark Strand, from "XLV," Dark Harbor: A Poem (Alfred A. Knopf, 1994)

When we walk in the sun our shadows are like barges of silence.

They shared a long silence. "What do we do, Father?" "We have faith, Pino. We have faith and continue to do what is right.

praying was where you talk to God. And meditation was where you listen.

Because we are refugees of war now, people who left their lands behind. We have nothing, so we get to say nothing.

He said praying was where you talk to God. And meditation was where you listen.

He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

The silence was loud, like a scream. I could FEEL [the aliens] outside./ [The aliens'] patience was their strength. Humans measure time in minutes, seconds, MICROSECONDS./ Time never really mattered to the alien only SURVIVAL./ God help me. I was beginning to UNDERSTAND [the aliens].

There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you're asked.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

If only faces could talk.

When God sneezed, I didn't know what to say.

Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.

You gotta be careful: don't say a word to nobody about nothing anytime ever.

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

Shut up, Julius! I mean, quiet a moment, Commander.

During the rests - pray.

Yes, the mutes are already on. You took them off in the beginning.

Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, "Bob would be very disappointed in you.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others.

There are secrets I will take to the grave and others I'd feel safer having cremated.

It's funny, because I have periods where I just kind of go dark. I don't tweet, I don't talk, I don't interview, and then I have times where I do.

Anything for you, Dru. And I mean it. Now, be quiet and let me concentrate.