What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.
-Ludwig Wittdenstein
"Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"
Quotations
Silence
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"
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
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"
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
-Pythagoras
Purpose of words is to create silence.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Silence makes the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say is what counts.
-Margaret Lee Runbeck
Silence is the goal of all answers. If an answer does not silence the mind, it is no answer.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
