Silence

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

—Martin Fraquhar Tupper

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

—Muhammad Ali

Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.

—Peter Minard

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

—Publilius Syrus

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

—Pythagoras

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

—Robert Louis Stevenson

It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.

—Seneca

The time in our own life when we came closest to being convinced by silence was one time at sea in a light fall of snow. We heard nothing—no gravel, no wind, no waves, no wolves, no bell buoy. It was convincing and it was beautiful.

—E. B. White

Money… buys privacy, silence. The less money you have, the noisier it is; the thinner your walls, the closer your neighbors.… The first thing you notice when you step into the house or apartment of a rich person is how quiet it is.

—Fran Lebowitz

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

—Mark Twain

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

—Arthur Schopenhauer

We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything.

—Jenny Han in It’s Not Summer Without You

Power is like being a lady… if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

—Margaret Thatcher