Quotes about Silence

It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt

When in doubt, say nothing and move on.

Now, Watson,' said Holmes, (...) 'you'll come with me, won't you?' 'If I can be of use.' 'Oh, a trusty comrade is always of use. And a chronicler still more so. My room at The Cedars is a double-bedded one.' (...) 'You have a grand gift of silence, Watson,' said he. 'It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. Pon my word, it is a great thing for me to have someone to talk to, for my own thoughts are not over-pleasant.

The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, 'Create silence'.

Prayer is listening.

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture

I don't talk about my personal life in the press that's how I kept my wedding a secret.

The best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

Sweet the coming on. Of grateful evening mild; then silent night. With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train.

The wakeful nightingale, she all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament with living sapphires: Hesperus, that led the starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.

Soon as midnight brought on the dusky hour friendliest to sleep and silence.

Racial tensions are rife with pride—the pride of white supremacy, the pride of black power, the pride of intellectual analysis, the pride of anti-intellectual scorn, the pride of loud verbal attack, and the pride of despising silence, the pride that feels secure, and the pride that masks fear. Where pride holds sway, there is no hope for the kind of listening and patience and understanding and openness to correction that relationships require.