Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
-Muhammad Ali
Quotations
Silence
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
-Richard Yates
"A Good School"
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence.
-A Spiritual Leader "Adi Sankara"
To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.
-Louise Bourgeois
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
You need to keep reminding yourself of the obvious: charm lies in the unsaid, the unwritten, and the undisplayed. It takes mastery to control silence.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Silence moves faster when it's going backward.
-Jean Cocteau
