The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.
Silent - Silence Quotes
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.
Every noble deed dieth, if surpressed in silence.
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
It is the wise head that makes the still tongue.
A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech.
Calumnities are best answered with silence.
Never assume that habitual silence means ability in reserve.
