He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
-Elbert Hubbard
Quotations
Silence
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.
-Norman Maclean
"A River Runs Through It and Other Stories"
Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre.
-Rasheed Ogunlaru
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
When the world is too loud, silence is my only voice.
-Nouf Alfadl
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 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
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
-Victor Hugo
Silence moves faster when it's going backward.
-Jean Cocteau
