Silence is the virtue of the wise and these silence quotes vindicate this fact. For more on famous calm/peaceful quotations and sayings, read on.
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What is a home without children? Quiet.
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
Calmness is the cradle of power.
Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet
History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.
I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.
All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.
All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.
And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.
I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.
I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.
I want to resume the life of a shy person.
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.
If I had any balls whatsoever, I'd make nothing but Jay and Silent Bob flicks for the rest of my life. However, being a critical whore, I've gotta move on and 'grow' beyond those characters.
Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.
Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?
We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.
Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.
Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone... than I ever have before.
And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
From politics, it was an easy step to silence.
Silence is better than unmeaning words.
It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions.
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.
Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
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