Top Silence Quotes

A pause gives you breathing spaceso listen to the whispersof the real youwaiting to happen.

When a woman who has much to say says nothing, her silence can be deafening.

Silence Definition

(n.) The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

(n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.

(n.) Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.

(n.) The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.

(n.) Absence of mention; oblivion.

(interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.

(v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

(v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet.

(v. t.) To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel.

(v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.

Family and friends become oppressors the moment they teach you that loyalty is more important than what is done to people outside your social circle. What they are really saying is this: Save yourself...

Woe to him who offends a patient man who has just reached his limit.

Even the proud in all their boasting, must fall silent before the wise.

Be leery of silence. It doesn't mean you won the argument. Often, people are just busy reloading their guns.

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

For 1,300 days of Sarajevo's drama, important people in the world who were supposed to act kept their eyes closed, ... But not you. You were not silent. Your voice was clear.

Looking up at the stars and smoking in silence.

Expectations are at war, if good feeling and discomfort clash. When we are expecting zest and joy, our good karma may be ousted by distress and frustration, if negative downbeat waves are emitted. Jus...

Blessed is the man who having nothing to say abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.

one day I will tell you a story. A story that will make you ponder. A story that will make you wonder. A story that will give you another story. One day I will tell you a story. A story about life. A...

Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre.

I'm very depressed how in this country you can be told "That's offensive" as though those two words constitute an argument.

Silence fell like a hammer made of feathers. It left holes in the shape of the sound of the sea.

A quiet woman is a firearm with a silencer.

Where were you when I undressed and told the tales of my day?Where were youwhenI was silent with God in prandial pray?Where were youwhen I recited love poems as I lay?Where were you?

Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others.

In the silence of children, God exists, directing their thoughts and sending us subtle reminders as not forgetting gratitude even in the littlest of things.

Those with unearned privileges often spin things as 'political correctness' to further silence those they wish to oppress.