Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.
Silent - Silence Quotes
Ships that pass in the night, and speak to each other in passing; Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence.
She half consents who silently denies.
The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.
We often repent of what we have said, but never, never, of that which we have not.
Silence has never brought us anything of worth.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
My Dear Sir: Are you playing the same trick again, and trying who can keep silence longest? Remember that all tricks are either knavish or childish; and that it is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend as upon the chastity of a wife.
What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say?… for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken.
