We must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence.
Silent - Silence Quotes
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
It is the wise head that makes the still tongue.
A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech.
Calumnities are best answered with silence.
Never assume that habitual silence means ability in reserve.
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren’t we like that wise old bird?
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence, is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark or even eagle flew – And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him… The moral: When you’re full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
