Silence Quotes

The silente man still suffers wrong.
- Unattributed Author

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity, speech is shallow as Time.
- Thomas Carlyle

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together, that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the daylight of Life, which they are thenceforth to rule.
- Thomas Carlyle

Silence is more eloquent than words.
- Thomas Carlyle

Under all speech that is good for anything three lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity, speech is shallow as Time.
- Thomas Carlyle

Speech is great, but silence is greater.
- Thomas Carlyle

Silence is a friend who will never betray.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

And they three passed over the white sands, between the rocks, silent as the shadows.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A quiet mind cureth all.
- Robert Burton

If A equals success, then the formula is, A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.
- John Dryden