Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Stillborn silence! thou that art
Flood-gate of the deeper heart!

Stillborn silence! thou that art
Flood-gate of the deeper heart!

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.

Striving to tell his woes, words would not come;
For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.

Striving to tell his woes, words would not come;
For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.

But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when
it is made the reply to calumny read more

But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when
it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we
give no just occasion for them.

A moment of silence is not inherently religious.

A moment of silence is not inherently religious.

Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute read more

Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.

A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke read more

A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?