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
Purpose of words is to create silence.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
-Muhammad Ali
Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?
-Lawrence Durrell
"Justine"
Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
-Richard Yates
"A Good School"
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.
-Robert Lynd
When your heart is broken, don't go silent - speak to God in his own language...
-John Geddes
"A Familiar Rain"
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
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
Sometimes silence can be the loudest thing.
-Ellie Mathews
