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Silence Quotes


"One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a sound - is utter, complete silence."


"It's kind of like Silence of the lambs meets Boogey Nights."


"You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?"


"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."


"Keep quiet and the enemy will reveal himself."


"Share them with only people who can help you with information and support. When you meet negative people, zip your mouth."


"No thought, no mind, no choice - just being silent, rooted in yourself."


"For my part, I am determined never to speak of it again to anybody. I told my sister Phillips so the other day."



"Answer only when asked, otherwise do not say anything. Don't say a thing in this world. To tell [give advice] is the biggest disease. Your beard grows without you saying anything, doesn't it?"


"When we become silent, we become whole. And when we become whole, we become holy."



"Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings."



"In this world, there is no such sternness like that of maintaining silence. Verbal sternness will be wasted."


"Shhhhhhhh..... Be silent. Silence your mind and listen.... Let the voice of your soul echo and shiiiiine!"


"Laws of silence don't work....When something is festering in your memory or your imagination, laws of silence don't work, it's just like shutting a door and locking it on a house on fire in hope of forgetting that the house is burning. But not facing a fire doesn't put it out. Silence about a thing just magnifies it. It grows and festers in silence, becomes malignant...."


"And the silence comes... all people keep silence just to hear the story..."


"When I say I love the silence, I'm not being entirely truthful. What I actually love are the abundant, delicate sounds that amplify when I'm silent. These curious creaks, mutters, and hums compel my imagination."


"I hear nothing. I hear nothing, but what does it mean that I hear nothing? I walk in the cemeteries of this city at night and I hear nothing. I walk among mortals and sometimes I hear nothing. I walk alone and I hear nothing, as if I myself had no inner voice."


"I was working in silence seeking no appreciation or respect from any one. And it is always the silence from which great literature is born."


"You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword."
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