Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.
-Norman Maclean
"A River Runs Through It and Other Stories"
Quotations
Silence
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
Sometimes silence can be the loudest thing.
-Ellie Mathews
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
You need to keep reminding yourself of the obvious: charm lies in the unsaid, the unwritten, and the undisplayed. It takes mastery to control silence.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.
-Nicholas Sparks
"Nights in Rodanthe"
Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
-Confucius
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
-Pythagoras
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.
-Marcel Marceau
When you connect to the silence within you; that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.
-Stephen Richards
