The Wisdom of Silence

"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom."
~ Francis Bacon

"The more you know the less you need to say."
~ Jim Rohn

"Listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world, and you will remember the lesson you forgot."
~ Jack Kerouac

"The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between."
~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."
~ Confucius

"It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent."
~ Mahatma Gandhi

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
~ Abraham Lincoln

"Silence is the language of God; it is also the language of the heart."
~ Sivananda

"Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled."
~ Horace

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

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

"In Silence there is eloquence."
~ Rumi

"The truth is silent. The truth doesn't come with words. It's something that I just know; it's something that I can feel without words, and it's called silent knowledge."
~ Miguel Angel Ruiz

"Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent."
~ Napoleon Hill

"Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.'
~ C. S. Lewis

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence."
~ Mother Teresa

"Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson