Silence Quotes

“Give thy thoughts no tongue.”

“What is thy sentence then but speechless death.”

“Give it an understanding, but no tongue.”

“To be slow in words is a woman's only virtue.”

“That truth should be silent I had almost forgot. (Enobarbus)”

“Men of few words are the best men." (3.2.41)”

“The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.”

“I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing.”

“No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.”

“A maiden hath no tongue--but thought.”

“A kindOf excellent dumb discourse.”

“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.”

“A man of no conversation should smoke.”

“The rest, is silence.”

“Let us not look east and west for materials of conversation, but rest in presence and unity. A just feeling will fast enough supply fuel for discourse, if speaking be more grateful than silence. When people come to see us, we foolishly prattle, lest we be inhospitable. But things said for conversation are chalk eggs. Don't say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.”

“Silence is only commendableIn a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible.”

“Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.”

“Silenceis an ocean. Speech is a river.When the ocean is searching for you, don't walkinto the language-river. Listen to the ocean,and bring your talky business to an end.Traditional words are just babblingin that presence, and babbling is a substitutefor sight.”

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

“Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river.”

“I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.”

“Close the language-door,and open the love-window”

“This is how it always is when I finish a poem. A great silence overcomes me and I wonder why I ever thought to use language.”

“Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river. Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.”

“There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.”