2,656 Quotes About Silence

Friends understand the unsaid words, no matter if they are silent for years.

People dread silence because it is transparent; like clear water, which reveals every obstacle—the used, the dead, the drowned, silence reveals the cast-off words and thoughts dropped in to obscure its clear stream. And when people stare too close to silence they sometimes face their own reflections, their magnified shadows in the depths, and that frightens them. I know; I know.

The part of her that should have been disgusted was numb.

La mamma somiglia molto a Bright Side. O forse era Bright Side che somigliava alla mamma. Anche lei, come mia madre, apprezzava il potere del silenzio. Qualcuno si sente minacciato dall’assenza di parole, e cerca di evitarla o di riempirla di cazzate senza senso. Il silenzio non è un nemico, anzi, può portare conforto e chiarezza. Ti ricorda cosa sia il tempo... cioè, pura presenza.

And let me talk to you with your silencethat is bright as a lamp, simple as a ring.You are like the night, with its stillness and constellations.Your silence is that of a star, as remote and candid.

Well, there would be no sound if we shout on the background.

In a simple street you can find the whole world: You can find joy and sorrow; you can find good and evil, silence and noise; you can find all the comedies and all the tragedies! An ordinary simple street is the mirror of the whole world!

Move thy tongue,For silence is a sign of discontent.

I was tired in the evening yesterday. I felt drained by the last days outer conflicts. I felt separated from life. Suddenly I heard the wind blowing through the trees outside my open window, whispering a silent and playful invitation: "Do you want to play? Do you want to join the dance?" This playful invitation again joined my heart and being with the Existential dance. I was again in a silent prayer and oneness with life.