9 private quotes tagged silence

“Quiet people have the loudest minds.” — Stephen Hawking

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“Speak only if it improves upon the silence.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“Silence alone is worthy to be heard.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Without great solitude no serious work is possible.” — Pablo Picasso

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“Nothing strengthens authority as much as silence.” — Leonardo da Vinci

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“Truth is the offspring of silence and unbroken meditation.” — Isaac Newton

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“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.” — Mark Twain

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“It will be I, it will be the silence, where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.” — Samuel Beckett

Source:The Unnamable, 1954. Book.

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“You need not even listen, simply wait, just learn to become quiet, and still, and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked.” — Franz Kafka

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