What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.
-Ludwig Wittdenstein
"Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"
Quotations
Silence
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
-Muhammad Ali
When the world is too loud, silence is my only voice.
-Nouf Alfadl
When you connect to the silence within you; that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.
-Stephen Richards
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.
-Nicholas Sparks
"Nights in Rodanthe"
The fruit of silence is prayer.
-Mother Teresa
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 is argument carried out by other means.
-Ernesto "Che" Guevara
