I never learned anything while I was talking. ~ Larry King

It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent. ~ Jean de la Bruyere

Great souls endure in silence. ~ Friedrich von Schiller

One nice thing about silence is that it can't be repeated. ~ Gary Cooper

Silence is God’s language, and it’s a very difficult language to learn. ~ Thomas Keating

The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid. ~ Daniel Day-Lewis

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb. ~ Pythagoras

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation. Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego. ~ Jean Arp

A time comes when silence is betrayal. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak. ~ Elizabeth Bowen

Silence is a friend who will never betray you. ~ Confucius

Hush! Love is here. ~ Amelia Edith Barr

A man is known by the silence he keeps. ~ Oliver Herford

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