2,656 Quotes About Silence

Your silence creates a vacuum for others to fill The key is to stay present and keep listening. The silence of holding steady is different from the silence of holding back.

−¿Peor que los gritos?−Mucho peor −dijo, asintiendo con la cabeza−. Mira, en una discusión, al menos, sabes qué es lo que está pasando. O tienes una idea. El silencio es... Puede ser cualquier cosa. Es tan...−Tan ensordecedor... −terminé por él [...].−Exactamente.

The silence is not suppression; instead, it is all there is.

I am speechless: what can I answer?I put hand on my mouth.I have said too much already;now I will speak no more.

In the seventh century, Isaac the Syrian wrote about 'stillness,' which in his writings has been summarized as 'a deliberate denial of the gift of words for the sake of achieving inner silence, in the midst of which a person can hear the presence of God. It is standing unceasingly, silent, and prayerfully before God.

Become comfortable with silence.

One can only be disrespected so many times before their undivided attention towards you shifts to undivided silence.

And sometimes people don’t know whether to interpret silence as confidence or fear.

The truth I’ve told was silence sometimes, but who’s soul does not hide any crimes?