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Silence

Silence is a text easy to misread. – A.A. Attanasio

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Our greatest gift is the thunder of Silence. – Joel Goldsmith

Everybody should be quiet near a little stream and listen – Ruth Krauss (1901–1993), Open House for Butterflies, 1960

Silence is more musical than any song. – Christina Rossetti

Nothing is more useful than silence. – Menander of Athens

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. – Elbert Hubbard

All my days have I grown up among the Sages and I have found naught better for a man than silence. – Rabban Gamaliel

Silence is a sounding thing, to one who listens hungrily. – Gwendolyn Bennett

Silence is the mother of truth. – Benjamin Disraeli

Better than silence is? – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The deepest rivers make least din, the silent soule doth most abound in care. – William Alexander

Honk if you hate noise pollution. – Author unknown, as seen on a bumper sticker

We must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence. – Proverb

Noise: a stench in the ear. – Ambrose Bierce

If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease. – Socrates

There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. – Josh Billings

Keep watch over your mouth, lest it bring you to grief. – Ahiqar the Assyrian

There are times when silence has the loudest voice. – Leroy Brownlow