2,656 Quotes About Silence

Do not confuse my silence for weakness; it is only a weapon of choice when preparing for war.

Some silences are more meaningful than thousands of long sentences.

The silence is the language and the diplomacy of the vision, where, that can be the stupidity too.

Silence could be a question. Silence could be an answer. Silence could mean distance. Silence could mean nearness. Silence doesn't have its own vocabulary. Its meaning relies on the maturity of the one listening.

Not every heart has a story to tell. Be kind to some people’s silence.

This night the password was silence.

I wish to learn silence from the dark woods, the unused middle rooms, from the girls in their white dresses,

After only a week on the road, I am changed. It’s hard for me to stay too long at a diner or coffee shop. I hear so much now. The air conditioners, dishwashers, coffee machines, and restroom hand dryers rage like an angry electric army.

There is a trembling eloquence to certain silences that words would only diminish, that can draw two people together the same way other silences tear two people apart.