“Speak only if it improves upon the silence.”
Topic
silence
9 quotes
Voices on silence
“Quiet people have the loudest minds.”
More on silence
“Silence alone is worthy to be heard.”
“Without great solitude no serious work is possible.”
“Truth is the offspring of silence and unbroken meditation.”
“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”
“Nothing strengthens authority as much as silence.”
“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.”
The Unnamable, 1954. Book.
“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.”