As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Silence
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence.
-Clarice Lispector
"The Passion According to G.H."
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.
-Marcel Marceau
Mostly, we talk to impress. And sometimes we shut up to impress, too.
-Nema Al Araby
Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking.
-Nicholas Sparks
"The Notebook"
Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence.
-A Spiritual Leader "Adi Sankara"
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.
-Robert Lynd
Some of the most powerful speeches I have given have been delivered in the dedicated silence of my actions.
-Steve Maraboli
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better.
-Thomas Carlyle
