"Silence is a source of great strength."

"Be Silent yourself, that will induce Silence in others. Do not fall into the habit of shouting, talking long and loud. Reduce contacts to the minimum. Carry with you an atmosphere of quiet contemplation, wherever you happen to be. The less you talk, the more will become your mental power. With the increase in your mental capacity, there will be increase in your power of discrimination too. Consequently, you will give up individual discrimination . Because of this, you will begin to consider the good of the world at large rather than your own individual welfare. You must cultivate such broad feelings from this young age itself."

"Silence is so powerful, so important. There is so much to be learned from it."

"Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence"

"Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn."

"You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword"

"My Dear Sir: Are you playing the same trick again, and trying who can keep silence longest? Remember that all tricks are either knavish or childish; and that it is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend as upon the chastity o"

"It is difficult to believe in the dreadful but quiet war lurking just below the serene facade of nature."

"I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. An assault upon a town is a bad thing; but starving it is still worse."

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt."

"A word is worth one coin, silence is worth two"

"The silence became unreal and seemed suddenly filled with a noise of its own, the noise of a too long silence."

"I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own."

"I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film."

"And why did everyone persist in thinking the mute was exactly as they wanted him to be--when most likely it was all a very queer mistake?... In the battling tumult of voices he alone was silent."

"In all the silent manliness of grief."

"Silence is become his mother tongue."

"You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks."

"You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks."

"Silence is true wisdom's best reply."

"Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence."

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.