One must learn to be silent just as one must learn to talk.

—Victoria Wolff

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

—Thomas Carlyle

Silence gives us a new way of looking at something.

—Mother Teresa

The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

—Benjamin Franklin

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

—Agnes de Mille

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

—Adrienne Rich

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

—Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence.

—John Lahr

A properly kept silence is a beautiful thing; it is nothing less than the father of very wise thoughts.

—Diodicus

Silence is the mother of truth.

—Benjamin Disraeli

Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms.

—Norman Vincent Peale

Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the pride of the humble, the prudence of the wise, and the sense of fools.

—Charles de Gaulle