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
Silence is the goal of all answers. If an answer does not silence the mind, it is no answer.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Not everyone talks in words.
-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"
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"
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
-Benjamin Franklin
Silence is golden, and gold is up these days, so silence is a solid investment.
-Jarod Kintz
When your heart is broken, don't go silent - speak to God in his own language...
-John Geddes
"A Familiar Rain"
Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.
-Thomas Merton
"No Man Is an Island"
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.
-Robert Lynd
