2,656 Quotes About Silence

There comes a moment when the silence between two people can have the purity of a diamond.

Darkness is a strange thing — it is both infinite and confining; it holds you tight in its grasp, but it holds you suspended in a void. Silence operates in a similar way. Slowly the two combine to become a threat.("Come Into My Parlour")

There is only one time of absolute silence. Halfway between the dark of night and the light of morning, all animals and crickets and birds fall into a profound silence as if pressed quiet by the deep quality of the blackest time of night...This silence is how I know it is not yet dawn, nor is it the middle of the night, but it is the place of no-time, when all things sleep most deeply, when their guard is dozing

I love silence with all my heart, but silence solves nothing.

I love silence and to be silent, but silence solves nothing.

إن يكن الصمت من ذهب فما اغنى الخرسان

In a world where everyone seems to be an expert of everything, say 'I don't know' more often.

You're not holding opinions; opinions are holding you and stopping you from reaching the truth which is beyond all opinions.

The silence encompassing the feeling so juvenile, veiling everything but a sham smile.