I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
Silence is the goal of all answers. If an answer does not silence the mind, it is no answer.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
When your heart is broken, don't go silent - speak to God in his own language...
-John Geddes
"A Familiar Rain"
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better.
-Thomas Carlyle
Silence moves faster when it's going backward.
-Jean Cocteau