Silence is a source of Great Strength. Lao Tzu
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment. John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned. James Joyce
All I want is blackness. Blackness and silence. Sylvia Plath
We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our quiet. W B Yeats, The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore
Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings. Charlotte Brontë, Villette
Never say anything that doesn’t improve on silence. Richard Yates, A Good School
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. Muhammad Ali
Silence is argument carried out by other means. Che Guevara
Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy. Taylor Swift
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces makes me afraid. Blaise Pascal
After a while the sound of complete silence becomes rather disturbing. How We Got to Now with Steven Johnson s1e5: Sound, BBC 2015
All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent. Ingrid Newkirk