Quotes by Silence Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself. You'll never wish you'd held back a little more. Catherynne M. Valente silencewishlittles He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent. Cato the Elder silentknow-howsilence Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man. Cato the Younger silencesoulmen The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God. Cato the Younger tonguesilencequiet Her silence was worth more to her than a thousand words.In that silence,she had peace and clarity.Except during the night,when her own jumbled thoughts would keep her awake. Cecelia Ahern claritysilencenight Sighs and silences and avoided conversations are just as important as the things you do talk about. Cecelia Ahern silenceimportantconversation There are certain kinds of silence that make you walk on air. Cecelia Ahern silencekindair What is to come will emerge only after long suffering, long silence. Cesare Pavese silencesufferinglong 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 dimensionsqualitysilence A word is worth one coin, silence is worth two Chaim Potok coinssilencetwo Silence is the cornerstone of character. Charles Alexander Eastman silence-issilencecharacter All art points to others with whom the writer argues about what is . . . He must have models with which to agree . . . or outright oppose . . . for Nature seems to remain silence. Charles Bartlett Johnson silencearguingart God has special confidences for each soul. Indeed, it would seem as though the deepest truths came only in moments of profound devotional silence and contemplation. Charles Brent silenceprayerprofound the beautiful are found in the edge of a room crumpled into spiders and needles and silence and we can never understand why they left,they were so beautiful. they dont make it, the beautiful die young and leave the ugly to their ugly lives. Charles Bukowski spiderssilencebeautiful Long ago, among other lies they were taught that silence was bravery. Charles Bukowski long-agosilencelying When you have nothing to say, say nothing. Charles Caleb Colton statisticssilenceteaching Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects. Charles Caleb Colton achievementsilencesuccess When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply. Charles Caleb Colton opponentsdefensesilence A man's profundity may keep him from opening on a first interview, and his caution on a second; but I should suspect his emptiness, if he carried on his reserve to a third. Charles Caleb Colton silencemaymen Silence is less injurious than a weak reply. Charles Caleb Colton argumentsilenceweak«1516171819202122232425»
