Silence is forbearance from speech or noise. Inspirational silence quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.
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Most Famous Silence Quotes
Speech is silver, silence is golden. Thomas Carlyle
Silence is a true friend who never betrays. Confucius
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. Francis Bacon
Non judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity. Deepak Chopra
Silence is better than unmeaning words. Pythagoras
The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed. Charlotte Bronte
Silence is a source of great strength. Lao Tzu
I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. Chaim Potok
The world’s continual breathing is what we hear and call silence. Clarice Lispector
The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence. Simon Van Booy
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. Leonardo da Vinci
Stop your whining. If you are frightened, be silent. Whining is for prey. It attracts predators. And you are not prey. Robin Hobb
Silence is a true friend who never betrays. Confucius
Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply. Ali Ibn Abi Talib AS
When you have nothing to say, say nothing. Charles Caleb Colton
Because sometimes silence speaks much louder than words possibly could. Elizabeth Eulberg
Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings. Charlotte Brontë
Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others. Charlotte Eriksson
Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything. Gordon Hempton
The quieter you become the more you are able to hear. Rumi
A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence. Pythagoras
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. William Penn
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. Charles Caleb Colton
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence. Marianne Moore
A man is known by the silence he keeps. Oliver Hereford
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. Khalil Gibran
Time and silence are the most luxurious things today. Tom Ford
Saying nothing sometimes says the most. Emily Dickinson
Let silence take you to the core of life. Rumi
I turn off the radio, listen to the quiet. Which has its own, rich sound. Which I knew, but had forgotten. And it is good to remember. Elizabeth Berg
Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom. Myrtle Reed
A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence. Pythagoras
Now all my teachers are dead except silence. W. S. Merwin
Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. Nicholas Sparks
Never be bullied into silence. Harvey Fierstein
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. Francis Bacon
Hope will never be silent. Harvey Milk
I have heard the languages of apocalypse, and now I shall embrace the silence. Neil Gaiman
Silence is the eternal duty of man. Thomas Carlyle
Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling. Silent is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible. Sri Chinmoy
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. Henri Frederic Amiel
Never miss a good chance to shut up. Will Rogers
Work hard in silence, let your success make the noise.Frank Ocean
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature trees, flowers, grass grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa
Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. Nicholas Sparks
The true genius shudders at incompleteness imperfection and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said. Edgar Allan Poe
I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence. Aeschylus
I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me. Albert Einstein
We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa
But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question. Thomas Merton
Real action is in silent moments. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. Charles de Gaulle
The things that we understand, create silence. The things that we do not, create emotion. Kapil Gupta
Everything that’s created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness. Wayne Dyer
If you’re asked What is the silence? Respond It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple. Pythagoras
When a question has no correct answer, there is only one honest response. The gray area between yes and no. Silence. Dan Brown
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. Abraham Lincoln
Never say anything that doesn’t improve on silence. Richard Yates
Your very silence shows you agree. Euripides
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. Elbert Hubbard
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. Josh Billinngs
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it. Francis Beaumont
What keeps my heart awake is colorful silence. Claude Monet
The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them. Karen Marie Moning
Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about. Saskya Pandita
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. Ansel Adams
Time and silence are the most luxurious things today. Tom Ford
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martgin Luther King, Jr.
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. Ansel Adams
Silence is the wit of fools. Anatole France
Sometimes you don’t have to say anything. Silence speaks it all. Disha Patani
As far as I’m concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue. Albert Einstein
If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet maybe we could understand something. Federico Fellini
Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. Pico Lyer
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. William S. Burroughs
Silence about a thing just magnifies it. Tennessee Williams
When words don’t come easy, I make do with silence and find something in nothing. Strider Marcus Jones
Silence is like a river of grace inviting us to leap unafraid into its beckoning depths. Macrina Wiederkehr
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. Plutarch
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie. Victor Hugo
I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams. Antoine de Saint Exupéry
The truth is silent. The truth doesn’t come with words. It’s something that I just know; it’s something that I can feel without words, and it’s called silent knowledge. Don Miguel Ruiz
Silence is a source of Great Strength. Lao Tzu
Silence is the virtue of fools. Francis Bacon
If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues. Anne Brontë
Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either. Marcus Tullius Cicero
If you spend enough time with yourself in silence, you’ll be surprised what goes through your head. Sandra Bullock
A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence. Dante Alighieri
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence. Robert Lynd
I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. Chaim Potok
It is well when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden. Muriel Spark
I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night. Soren Kierkegaard
If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results. Charlotte Bronte
Space and silence are two aspects of the same thing. The same no-thing. They are externalization of inner space and inner silence, which is stillness the infinitely creative womb of all existence. Eckhart Tolle
Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own. George Bernard Shaw
External silence can be the doorway to inner silence. Ram Dass
Silence is the perfectest herald of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much. William Shakespeare
