Quotes about Silence

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, refrains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

The fewer the words, the better prayer.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

You lose it if you talk about it.

Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly deaf.

For a long while she only looked at him ... as if she didn't want to interrupt the beautiful moment with words.

Keep your eyes and ears wide open—and your mouth closed, if you wish to acquire the habit of prompt decision. Those who talk too much do little else. If you talk more than you listen, you not only deprive yourself of many opportunities to accumulate useful knowledge, but you also disclose your plans and purposes to people who will take great delight in defeating you, because they envy you.

Those who talk too much do little else. If you talk more than you listen, you not only deprive yourself of many opportunities to accumulate useful knowledge, but you also disclose your plans and purposes to people who will take great delight in defeating you, because they envy you.

The silence of God's voice will make you wonder if He is even there. And the absence of God's presence will make you wonder if He even cares. He is. And He does.

Part of being a good parent was knowing when to say something and what to say, Elizabeth thought. The hardest part of parenting was knowing when to say nothing and listen.

Carefully they replaced the soil and covered the entire grave with uprooted grass. Neither one had spoken a word.