Silence moves faster when it's going backward.
-Jean Cocteau
Quotations
Silence
When your heart is broken, don't go silent - speak to God in his own language...
-John Geddes
"A Familiar Rain"
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence.
-A Spiritual Leader "Adi Sankara"
I've never realized that I would learn, understand, and realize a lot of things from being silent
-Anonymous
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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"
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
Silence is golden, and gold is up these days, so silence is a solid investment.
-Jarod Kintz
Not everyone talks in words.
-Nema Al Araby
