Silence Quotes



        “True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.”
- William Penn

      "Silence is the root of everything. If you spiral into its void a hundred voices will thunder messages you long to hear."
- Rumi

       "Once inner silence is attained, everything is possible."
- Don Juan Matus

       “Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.
George Bernard Shaw

      “Silence is a source of great strength.
Lao Tzu

     “silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.” 
Rumi

      “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
Harvey Fierstein

       "Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it."
- Deepak Chopra

       “In Silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves.”
- Rumi

       “Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
Muhammad Ali


       "Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness"
- Rumi

       "Silence is a text easy to misread."
- A. A. Attanasio

       "Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute."
- Josh Billings

       “A silent mouth is melodious.”
- Proverb

       "Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul."
- Thomas Moore

       “Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.”
- Thomas Carlyle

        “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.” 
- Maurice Switzer

        “Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.” 
- William S. Burroughs

        “Speak only if it improves upon the silence.” 
- Mahatma Gandhi

       “There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.” 
- Elizabeth Kostova


       “Silence is the true friend that never betrays.”
- Confucius

       “Silence is a fence around wisdom.“
- German Proverb

       “The silent man is the best to listen to.”
- Japanese Proverb

        “Silence is medication for sorrow.”
- Arab Proverb

       “To silence another, first be silent yourself.”
- Latin Proverb

        “Silence was never written down.”
- Italian Proverb

       “Silence is more musical than any song.”
- Christina Rossetti

        “Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Napoleon Bonaparte

        “He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”
- Elbert Hubbard

      “Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
Ralph Waldo Emerson


       “Let me silent be, For silence is the speech of love,The music of the spheres above.”
- Richard Henry Stoddard

       “Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld


       “Words can make a deeper scar than silence can heal.”
- Anonymous

        “It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.
Alex Trebek


       “Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Leonardo da Vinci

       “Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Mark Helprin


      “Silence moves faster when it's going backward.
Jean Cocteau


        “Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
Charles Buxton


       “Silence can often be more disturbing than noise, it reveals the complicated mechanism of our thoughts” 
- José Rodrigues Miguéis

       “Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence.” 
- Rumi