#silence

Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence. ↗

— Richard Yates

#silence #improvement

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide. ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#psychology #remaining-silent #reticence #silence #gossip

On the exoteric level the traditions are irreconcilable. On the esoteric, experiential level of the heart reigns an eloquent, reverential silence. ↗

— Frederick Franck

#silence #religion

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

— Daniel Barenboim

#came #here #in the beginning #out #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

#go #i #i am #know #must

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#echoes #fall #forest #hundred #oak

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#fashion #great #great things #silence #themselves

Silences between movements are employed only in order to bring the opposing duo to the fore. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#bring #duo #employed #fore #movements

I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don't respect. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#being #big #big mouth #bumps #child

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence. ↗

— Alex Trebek

#important #know #life #should #shut