Quote by Edward Hoagland
Silence is exhilarating at first - as noise is - but there is a sw

Silence is exhilarating at first – as noise is – but there is a sweetness to silence outlasting exhilaration, akin to the sweetness of listening and the velvet of sleep. – Edward Hoagland

Other quotes by Edward Hoagland

To relive the relationship between owner and slave we can consider how we treat our cars and dogs — a dog exercising a somewhat similar leverage on our mercies and an automobile being comparable in value to a slave in those days. – Edward Hoagland

Category:
Slavery
Read Quote

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesnt merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog. – Edward Hoagland

Category:
Dogs
Read Quote

True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the snow. – Edward Hoagland

Category:
Solitude
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Silence
category

The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace. – Arabic Proverb

Category:
Silence

Now all my teachers are dead except silence. – W.S. Merwin

Category:
Silence

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

Category:
Silence

Better than silence is? – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Category:
Silence

Random Quotes

What I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity. – Hermann Hesse

Category:
Class

The logic is often far-fetched – how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? – and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks. – Michael Kinsley

Category:
Medical

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals. – Albert Schweitzer

Category:
Faith

Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom. – Don DeLillo

Category:
alone