#silence

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#artist #citizen #come #i #me

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#denial #either #necessarily #silence #though

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#avoid #injury #more #noble #overcome

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. ↗

— Dorothy Dix

#confession #grave #keeps #own #punishment

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. ↗

— Helen Keller

#darkness #even #everything #i #learn

I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept, I mean, not the track by Simon and Garfunkel. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#day #equal #equal measure #hate #i

All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#choice #free #free speech #fundamental #human

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#actions #appalling #bad #bad people #generation

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#i #i think #language #like #more

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#death #image #leads #sadness #silence