In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls. ~ Mother Teresa

Silence is a source of great strength. ~ Lao Tzu

Silence is a true friend who never betrays. ~ Confucius

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. ~ Helen Keller

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. ~ Khalil Gibran

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. ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. ~ Alice Walker

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people. ~ Judy Garland

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. ~ Phillips Brooks

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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is tact that is golden, not silence. ~ Samuel Butler

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. ~ Martin Farquhar Tupper

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. ~ Charles Caleb Colton

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. ~ Plutarch

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. ~ Elie Wiesel

I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in ‘Night.’ I questioned God’s silence. So I questioned. I don’t have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. ~ Elie Wiesel

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel

Great souls suffer in silence. ~ Friedrich Schiller

The most profound statements are often said in silence. ~ Lynn Johnston

Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace… on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety. ~ William Drummond

Silence is better than unmeaning words. ~ Pythagoras

Silence is a statement that is open to gross misinterpretation. ~ Craig Bruce

I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods. ~ Georg Trakl

It’s very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence. ~ Alex Trebek

Music is the silence between the notes. ~ Claude Debussy

In some causes silence is dangerous. ~ Saint Ambrose

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. ~ John Tillotson

I’m familiar with that feeling of silence that comes with a very imminent catastrophe, when you know you have absolutely no control over a situation. ~ Dave Matthews

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise? ~ Federico Fellini

Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered. ~ Archibald MacLeish

Listen to the sound of silence. ~ Paul Simon

For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it. ~ Martin Buber

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence. ~ Paul Simon

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence. ~ William Dean Howells

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him? ~ Brigham Young

In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart. No one can tell you better than yourself what comes between you and God. Ask yourself. Then listen! ~ Johannes Tauler

Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence. ~ Andrea Bocelli

My hope and prayer is that the body of Christ in America will awake with holy boldness, a boldness content neither with silence nor mere words but that backs up those words with action and results. ~ Frank R. Wolf

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it. ~ Kate Adie

The desert has its holiness of silence, the crowd its holiness of conversation. ~ Walter Elliot

The music aids the message, it’s there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence. ~ Saul Williams

Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God. ~ Arvo Part

Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world. ~ Zainab Salbi

In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here. ~ Daniel Barenboim

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence. ~ Margaret Halsey

Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what’s going on next week, next month. ~ Mike Dirnt