Silent Quotes

• The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Life, Strength, Courage

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• I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

  Elie Wiesel

  Bystanders, Remembrance, Silence

  Elie Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.141, Macmillan

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

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• Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Buddhist, Buddhism

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.14, Penguin Books India

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• Nothing is more useful than silence.

  Menander

  Men, Silence, Silence Is

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, ("Ex Incert. Comœd", p. 216), 1922.

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• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.

  Mother Teresa

  Nature, Stars, Silence

  1975 A Gift for God,'Willing Slaves to theWill of God'.

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• Let us be silent — so we may hear the whisper of the gods.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, God, Angel

  "Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson".

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• Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

  Victor Hugo

  Music, Sound And Music, Musical Life

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• Be silent in a group of people
  See what they reveal to you.

  Yoko Ono

  People, Groups

  Yoko Ono (2013). “Acorn”, p.88, Algonquin Books

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• Now be silent. Let the One who creates the words speak. He made the door. He made the lock. He also made the key.

  Rumi

  Keys, Doors, Locks

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• We need silence to be able to touch souls.

  Mother Teresa

  Nature, Stars, Moon

  1975 A Gift for God,'Willing Slaves to theWill of God'.

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• He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Grieving, Self Respect, Silence

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

  Confucius

  Friendship, True Friend, Good Friend

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• It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

  Pythagoras

  Silence, Hazards, Useless

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• The attitude of silent observation is the very foundation of yoga. You see the picture, but you are not the picture.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Attitude, Yoga, Foundation

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• True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

  William Penn

  Easter, Being Alone, Health

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.448

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  Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

  Elie Wiesel

  Bystanders, Remembrance, Silence

  Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 11 Dec. 1986

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• Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Education, Wisdom

  The Impressions of Theophrastus Such "A Man Surprised at His Own Originality" (1879)

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• Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.

  William Wetmore Story

  Expression, Silence, Noble

  William Wetmore Story (1856). “Monologues and lyrics”, p.308

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• I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

  Publilius Syrus

  Regret, Silence, Has Beens

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• The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing...that is a friend who cares.

  Henri Nouwen

  Friendship, True Friend, Grief

  "Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life". Book by Henri Nouwen, 1974.

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• So many of you have lost everything. I do not know what to tell you. But surely he knows what to tell you! So many of you have lost members of your family. I can only be silent; I accompany you silently, with my heart...

  Pope Francis

  Heart, Silence, Doe

  Pope Francis' Homily at Mass in Tacloban City, w2.vatican.va. January 17, 2015.

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• The man dies in all those that keep silent.

  Wole Soyinka

  Men, Dies

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• In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

  Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.55, North Atlantic Books

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