Quotes about Silence

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
– Plutarch

Silence is the best response to a fool.
– Anonymous

Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.
– Rumi

Inner silence is the mother of all talents.
– Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
– Blaise Pascal

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
– Elbert Hubbard

Speech is silver, silence is golden.
– Thomas Carlyle

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
– Ansel Adams

I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.
– Albert Einstein

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