Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]

Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]

He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.

He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the read more

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Silence is a friend who will never betray.

Silence is a friend who will never betray.

If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two.

If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two.

Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, read more

Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to read more

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Great souls endure in silence.

Great souls endure in silence.