Quotes About Silence

All good writing leaves something unexpressed.

But perhaps, after so much talk and fighting, unspoken words do create a silence in whose gentleness the survivors of good and bad can sleep easy.

A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case.

Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times.

Good enough to tweet, not to say.

Most people are good people. But they're afraid to speak out, they're afraid for their safety and their jobs. And unfortunately that dictates a lot of their actions.

Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.

A good deed hidden in silence dies.

As a gardener, I wonder if flowers really can't speak or just exercise unfailing good judgment in the matter.

No good ever came from not talking.

Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive government?

For six years profound silence was mistaken for profound wisdom.

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.

Whether history will judge this war to be different or not we cannot say. But this we can say with certainty: A government and a society that silences those who dissent is one that has lost its way.

The Great Spirit is everywhere; He hears whatever is in our minds and our hearts, and it is not necessary to speak to Him in a loud voice.

It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.

Great souls suffer in silence.

One of the great things silence does, it gives us a new concept of God.

Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb

The great thing about the dead, they make space.

to hear the voice of the silence is to understand that from within comes the only true guidance

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

It is only in the depths of silence that the voice of God can be heard.