#silent

silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation. ↗

— Rumi

#power-of-words #remaining-silent #words

The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent'. ↗

— Alfred Brendel

#listen #listening #silent #talking #inspirational

The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat. ↗

— Orlando Gibbons

#death #had #her #living #note

I watched a lot of silent directors who were absolutely great like John Ford and Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, and also some very modern directors like The Coen Brothers. The directors take the freedom within their own movies to be melodramatic or funny when they chose to be. They do whatever they want and they don't care about the genre. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#absolutely #also #brothers #browning #care

Harvey Weinstein bought our film, and he's an animal. He's got us out there campaigning and everything because honestly it's a silent black-and-white film. ↗

— Penelope Ann Miller

#because #black-and-white #bought #campaigning #everything

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest. ↗

— Beatrix Potter

#almost #behave #believe #causes #endless