We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. read more

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

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.

Silence is argument carried on by other means.

Silence is argument carried on by other means.

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.