We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

The most beautiful words of love are told in silence for a look.

It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

[Talkies] are spoiling the oldest art in the world - the art of pantomime. They are ruining the great beauty of silence.