Quotes by Silence They see that who they are is the silence in which sound is happening, the spaciousness in which movement occurs. This kind of recognition, whether fleeting or abiding, is called an awakening. Arjuna Ardagh abiding silence sound The most dangerous silence is noise; noise keeps us from hearing what we need to hear or from speaking what we need to speak. Armin Wiebe silence knowledge needs The first sound after a silence should always be your very best. Arnold Jacobs silence sound firsts The principles of my works... are the extinction of expression, permanent covering and contemplative tranquillity... My ideal is the completely dark picture, full of some overwhelming silence. Arnulf Rainer silence expression dark Samuel Beckett once said, "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness." ...On the other hand, he SAID it. Art Spiegelman unnecessary silence hands If you demand money from someone in exchange for your silence, it's called 'blackmail'. If your lawyer demands money from someone in exchange for your silence, it's called a settlement. If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs. Arthur Baer thumbs demand silence You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. Arthur Conan Doyle holmes companion silence It has been said with some meaning that if men would but rest in silence, they might always hear the music of the spheres. Arthur Helps silence might men silence is not weakness and decency is not pride Arthur Machen weakness silence pride I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still. Arthur Rimbaud silence inspirational night I wrote silences; nights; I recorded the unnameable. Arthur Rimbaud silence night It began as research. I wrote of silences, of nights, I scribbled the indescribable. I tied down the vertigo. Arthur Rimbaud silence research night If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner. Arthur Schopenhauer gossip silence secret Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. Pity the nation that needs to jail those who ask for justice, while communal killers, mass murderers, corporate scamsters, looters, rapists, and those who prey on the poorest of the poor, roam free. Arundhati Roy jail silence justice Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God. Arvo Part pauses silence-is silence Tintinnabulation is like this. Here I am alone with silence. I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played. This note, or a silent beat, or a moment of silence comfort me. Arvo Part silence comfort here-i-am If only our great thinkers could learn to talk, and our great talkers could learn to think. Ashleigh Brilliant thinker silence thinking When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak. Audre Lorde strong-women honesty silence My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences. Audre Lorde differences silence real I was going to die, if not sooner, then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. Audre Lorde protected protect-you silence «678910111213141516»