As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Silence
Things that are real are given and received in silence. God has been everlastingly working in silence, unobserved, unheard, except by those who experience His infinite silence.
-A Spiritual Leader "Meher Baba"
Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence.
-A Spiritual Leader "Adi Sankara"
The silence between us talks itself.
-Anonymous
I've never realized that I would learn, understand, and realize a lot of things from being silent
-Anonymous
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Silence is a source of great strength.
-Lao Tzu "Lao Tzu"
Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.
-Norman Maclean
"A River Runs Through It and Other Stories"
Silence is a giver; it gives some things to you! Noise is a taker; it takes some things from you! Seek for the silence!
-Mehmet Murat Ildan
You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
