silence Quotes

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.