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
The fruit of silence is prayer.
-Mother Teresa
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
-Benjamin Franklin
It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
-Pythagoras
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
Sometimes silence can be the loudest thing.
-Ellie Mathews
When the world is too loud, silence is my only voice.
-Nouf Alfadl
Not everyone talks in words.
-Nema Al Araby
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better.
-Thomas Carlyle
