Quotes about Silence

Learning never takes place while you're talking.

The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

It's no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,' she muttered.

If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.

Well, say I promise I won't speak: but that does not bind me not to laugh at him!

Silence! said the ruffian. To the devil with your clamour!

Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking,' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think, but fill up with aimless trifles and vain repetitions when subjects of real interest fail to present themselves, or do they really take a pleasure in such discourse?

It's impossible to generalize about sexuality - even one's own. The only way to keep it pure is to keep it unspoken. Keep it out of words. Words are not where sexuality lives. Without privacy, there is no ecstasy.

Each of us needs an opportunity to be alone and silent, or even, indeed, to find space in the day or in the week, just to reflect and to listen to the voice of God that speaks deep within us. . . . In fact, our search for God is only our response to his search for us. He knocks at our door, but for many people, their lives are too preoccupied for them to be able to hear. — Cardinal Basil Hume

The wise are known for their few words.

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