Silence Quotes

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

Sound has spoiled the most ancient of the world's arts, the art of pantomime, and has canceled out the great beauty that is silence.

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

The truth hurts, but silence kills.

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.

At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.

The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective.

Silence gives us a new way of looking at something.

We need silence to be able to touch souls. The essential thing is not what we say but what God says to us and through us.

And of course there must be something wrongIn wanting to silence any song.

Only in silence I find myself. Life in the city is so hectic that you lose the right perspective. It's important to know that our biggest resources are in our heart.

Accumulate power in silence and become a dynamo of spirituality.

Silence is the perfect herald of joy.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.

If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease.

Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.

I have been occupying a position, since the Presidential election, of silence, of avoiding public speaking, of avoiding public writing. I have been doing so because I thought, upon full consideration, that was the proper course for me to take.