Great souls suffer in silence.
-Friedrich Schiller
Quotations
Silence
Your silence gives consent.
-Plato
When the world is too loud, silence is my only voice.
-Nouf Alfadl
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.
-Robert Lynd
The fruit of silence is prayer.
-Mother Teresa
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
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"
Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
-Richard Yates
"A Good School"
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?
-Lawrence Durrell
"Justine"
