Quotes About Silence

The silent man is the best to listen to.

Charges of racism are not a form of debate; they are meant to silence debate. Accusations of racism are often transparent attempts to choke off honest discussion.

Sometimes I ask myself, "Do I have the courage to do the right thing when it matters most?" And that answer, I'm afraid, is silence.

Not till old age did I learn to love silence. Sometimes it is more exciting than music. In the silence emerge tremulous signals and at the crossroads of memory you hear names which time had tried to stifle.

If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical maneuver. If a writer is silent, he is lying.

I used to feel I could hide inside my practice, that I could simply sit and contemplate the raging anger of a place like this, seeking inner peace through prayers of compassion. But now I believe love and compassion are things to extend to others. It's a dangerous adventure to share them in a place like S.Q. Yet I see now that we become better people if we can touch a hardened soul, bring joy into someone's life, or just be an example for others, instead of hiding behind our silence.

I don't have much to say to that. I mean, I have a lot to say, so I don't say anything.

Chris will not talk," she said. "He will keep everything in his heart, and later it will burst.

We haven't done anything," Luke agreed, though he knew that was no guarantee of safety. Plenty of things happened to people who hadn't done anything—things that were never discussed again, or at least not by anyone with any sense.

We haven't done anything," Luke agreed, though he knew that was no guarantee of safety. Plenty of things happened to people who hadn't done anything - things that were never discussed again, or at least not by anyone with any sense.

A hole about six feet long, two feet wide, and four feet deep. A shovel lay beside the hole. She

The certainty that someone will never come back," the narrator muses of the dead, "never speak again, never take another step…will never look at us or look away. I don't know how we bear it, or how we recover.

Callar y hablar son formas de intervenir en el futuro.

Lo decisivo jamás se muestra, ni siquiera se comunica, o no en su momento; al contrario, se esconde y se silencia siempre, o durante muchísimo tiempo: si acaso se cuenta cuando ya no interesa, cuando es pasado remoto, y a la gente el pasado le trae sin cuidado, cree que no le afecta y que no puede cambiarse, y lleva razón en esto último

Cuántas cosas se van no diciendo a lo largo de una vida o historia o relato, a veces sin querer o sin proponérselo.

Polvo echado, visita acabada, me dio que era una situación de esas: poco que hablar antes, y después nada.

None that speak of me know me, and when they do speak, they slander me; those who know me keep silent and in their silence do not defend me; thus, all speak ill of me until they meet me, but when they meet me they find rest, and they bring me salvation, for I never rest.

stubbed it out in the ashtray she had been using before, for her equally

Tante cose accadono senza che nessuno le ricordi o se ne accorga. Di quasi nulla resta traccia.. e di quel poco che rimane tanto si tace, e di quel che non si tace si ricorda soltanto una parte minima' e per poco tempo, non si trasmette e non interessa chi la riceve, il quale plasma e possiede la sua propria memoria.

Se dio cuenta de que ya había decidido, pero prefería no reconocerlo aún en voz alta, prefería guardárselo unos segundos y mantenerlo sólo en su pensamiento, todavía puede uno echarse atrás mientras calla.

Het is de verschrikkelijke kracht van het heden, dat het verleden meer veplettert naarmate het zich er verder van verwijdert, en het bovendien vervalst zonder dat het verleden zijn mond kan opendoen, protesteren, tegenspreken of iets weerleggen

A song that is sung despite everything, but that is neither silenced nor diluted once it's sung, when it's followed by the silence of adult, or perhaps I should say masculine life.

The reached the doors of the royal quarters without further conversation.

no whisper mars the utter silence of the untranslated stars.