Quotes and Sayings about Silence

The bare necessities of life will come to you.

Silence is so freaking loud.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.

In some causes silence is dangerous.

Sometimes you don't have to say anything. Silence speaks it all.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.

'Being still' and 'doing nothing' are two completely different things.

The world is quieter now. We just have to listen. If we listen, we can hear God's plan.

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.

He who doesn't recognize the value of silence, doesn't know about the power of words.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

If you're strong, your voice will be heard when you speak calmly.

I'm strong as a rock, but a word can destroy me. What am I?
[Silence]

Human beings can't bear silence. It would mean that they would bear themselves.

Now all my teachers are dead except silence.

It's the silence I imagine in the rest of the world, the silence of an endless ocean and uninhabitable island, a silence that can be seen from space.

There's a silence. A perfect, profound silence. One that sits low, twists a bit, and has damage within it.

Society rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.

There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.

Sometimes you just have to calm down a little bit and let the system work itself.

Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.

Silence is also conversation.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.

You mean well, but leave me be
Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free

If we are all alone, then that's also somthing we have together.

That's when you know you've found somebody special. When you can just shut the fck up for a minute and comfortably share the silence.

I wanted to do it. I wanted to take out all my anger at him. But... I couldn't. I don't know if it's because I'm too weak to do it, or if it's because I'm strong enough not to.

Calmness is the hallmark of those who are mighty.

Sleep is the best meditation.

I love yoga because not only is it a workout for your body, but also your breathing, which helps release a lot of stress. It really prepares you for the day.

One day humanity will have to fight noise as much as cholera and the pest.

You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.

Forget about your worries and your strife.

In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at the same time, this collection of weeks when anything was possible.

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

Do you know the best thing about broken hearts? They can only really break once the rest is just scratches.

But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.

It takes much more courage to be in love than it does for war.

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.

I am looking for strong characters rather than being just a pretty girl. Actresses can do so much more than looking good.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

"You see, Momo," he told her one day, "it's like this: Sometimes, when you've a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you'll never get it swept."
He gazed silently into space before continuing.
"And then you start to hurry," he went on. "You work faster and faster, and every time you look up there seems to be just as much left to sweep as before, and you try even harder, and you panic, and in the end you're out of breath and have to stop - and still the street stretches away in front of you. That's not the way to do it."

He pondered a while. Then he said, "You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next stroke of the broom, and the next, and the next. Nothing else."
Again he paused for thought before adding, "That way you enjoy your work, which is important, because then you make a good job of it. And that's how it ought to be."