2,656 Quotes About Silence

I think one of the things I’ve learned as a writer...is that speech is a form of power in this world. As a writer, being able to articulate what other people may be feeling but perhaps struggle to put into words themselves, it is valued. But I also believe we—all of us—communicate in silence, in energy, in a love that extends from our hearts. And, to me, this is another form of inner power.

If any language were to be understood, one would have to understand first the unutterable sound of silence in the human soul through empathy and compassion, for there is more to the silence of individual heart and mind than what has been tangibly spoken or acted out between people. (— Danny Castillones Sillada, The Unspoken Infinities of Silence)

If he silently decides not to say something when they’re talking, Marianne will ask ‘what?’ within one or two seconds. This ‘what?’ question seems to him to contain so much: not just the forensic attentiveness to his silences that allows her to ask in the first place, but a desire for total communication, a sense that anything unsaid is an unwelcome interruption between them.

Just because a person is silent doesn’t mean there’s no message.

Pa'a ka waha."He knew the phrase, Hawaiian for observe, be silent and learn. "If words are exiting your mouth, wisdom cannot come in," the saying went.

10. The most I want to do is show you the end of my index finger. Its muteness.

A resounding of the authentic word can arise only from silence

Silence may be golden but it solves nothing.

In the war zone of arguments, debates, criticism - silence is the safe house.