2,656 Quotes About Silence

Their hands touched for an instant, but neither spoke. Silences were becoming more frequent and more delicious.

It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them.

Sunsets are mother nature’s finest artwork; pride is nobody’s friend; readers make the most perceptive, compassionate listeners; silence is sweet; hugs and dark chocolate are emotional medicine; pineapple certainly does belong on anything ham belongs on; and motherhood will always be the most rewarding labor in existence.

Afraid of offending with an off word or the slightest insensitivity, I keep an unobtrusive and silent distance. Nevertheless, my pursed lips and offish stance are perceived as cold, managing to offend all.

Silence is my defense.The protector whom I trust.A sturdy shield,A loyal safe-keeper,A sentinel, impassable.Silence is my refuge.The shelter in which I hide.A peaceful home,A safe sanctuary,A fortress, impenetrable.

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.

لا أظنّ أنّ كثيرًا من الناس يقدّرون الصمت أو يدركون أنّه قريب للموسيقى بقدرما يمكنهم تخيّله

Sometimes our best speech is the way we look in silence!

More than ever at that instant did she long for speech - speech that would conceal and protect where dangerous silence might betray.