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.
Quotations
Silence
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.
-Marcel Marceau
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
-Richard Yates
"A Good School"
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
-Elbert Hubbard
Mostly, we talk to impress. And sometimes we shut up to impress, too.
-Nema Al Araby
It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
Smiling with all the existence is Silence.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
There are certain kinds of silence that make you walk on air.
-Cecelia Ahern
