The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence.
-Clarice Lispector
"The Passion According to G.H."
Quotations
Silence
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
-Pythagoras
It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre.
-Rasheed Ogunlaru
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Not everyone talks in words.
-Nema Al Araby
Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.
-Norman Maclean
"A River Runs Through It and Other Stories"
Silence is a giver; it gives some things to you! Noise is a taker; it takes some things from you! Seek for the silence!
-Mehmet Murat Ildan
Your silence gives consent.
-Plato
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
