silence Quotes

I am rather inclined to silence.

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

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

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.