Silence Quotes

If you cannot be silent be brilliant and thoughtful.

Silence is a fence around wisdom.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared…

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.