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
Some of the most powerful speeches I have given have been delivered in the dedicated silence of my actions.
-Steve Maraboli
The silence between us talks itself.
-Anonymous
Silence moves faster when it's going backward.
-Jean Cocteau
Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.
-Norman Maclean
"A River Runs Through It and Other Stories"
Silence is the goal of all answers. If an answer does not silence the mind, it is no answer.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
-Richard Yates
"A Good School"
That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world’s sounds.
-Paul Brunton "Paul Brunton"
Silence is a source of great strength.
-Lao Tzu "Lao Tzu"
Your silence gives consent.
-Plato
