Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
-Richard Yates
"A Good School"
Quotations
Silence
It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Only Silence is complete.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When your heart is broken, don't go silent - speak to God in his own language...
-John Geddes
"A Familiar Rain"
What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.
-Ludwig Wittdenstein
"Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"
Some of the most powerful speeches I have given have been delivered in the dedicated silence of my actions.
-Steve Maraboli
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
-Pythagoras
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"
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
-Muhammad Ali
