In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Silence
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Silence moves faster when it's going backward.
-Jean Cocteau
Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence.
-A Spiritual Leader "Adi Sankara"
Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.
-Norman Maclean
"A River Runs Through It and Other Stories"
The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.
-Simon Van Booy
"Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories"
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"
When the world is too loud, silence is my only voice.
-Nouf Alfadl
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
-Victor Hugo
