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Jesus said "love," "forgive," have "compassion" and "don't judge." Buddha said "observe," "be silent," and "serve." — Bryan Kest

If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love. — Saint Augustine

Listen . Keep silent .
You are not gods mouthpiece.
Try to be an ear. — Rumi

the silent space around a secret is shattered, it cannot be made whole again. The — Emmi Itaranta

She might be idle, and silent, and forgetful, - and what seemed more than all other privileges - she might be unhappy if she liked. — Elizabeth Gaskell

We can translate word and letter into color - [Arthur] Rimbaud stated that in his color vowels, words quote "words" can be read in silent color. — William S. Burroughs

You have to be silent, but ready — Rosen Topuzov

Which of you would be silent - when all else sings together in unison? — Khalil Gibran

Will people not be thrown face down into Hell only on account of the harvest of their tongue? — Anonymous

You are my only friend in the world, and I want to talk to you. Or, perhaps, be silent with you. — G.K. Chesterton

and when the last star of the universe blinks silent, I will still be yours. — Mary E. Pearson

When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement. — Bryant McGill

It simply isn't a woman's nature to be silent for prolonged periods of time. — Maya Banks

Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything. — Benjamin Disraeli

Let us be silent to listen to the heart's songs of eternity. Let us be kind to feel the beauty of tranquility. Let us vanish to belong and be nothing. — Debasish Mridha

To be happy a woman had to think hard, during long silent hours, about how to make each small step forward. — Fatema Mernissi

Think different, be different. — Vernard Dorsey

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. — George Washington

Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste. — William Butler Yeats

He sent up another silent prayer to wherever desperate prayers go and took the first step toward what he hoped would be salvation. — Sarah Winter

I may be arrested, I may be tried and thrown into jail, but I never will be silent. — Emma Goldman

I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent. — Samuel Beckett

When the urge arises in your mind To feelings of desire or angry hate, Do not act! Be silent, do not speak! And like a log of wood be sure to stay. — Santideva

When we face our problems, they disappear. So learn from failure and let success be the silent incentive. — Carlos Slim

It's better to be silent than to be a fool. — Harper Lee

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. — Abraham Lincoln

Why is it that the people with whom one loves to be silent are also the very ones with whom one loves to talk? — Kate Douglas Wiggin

It has been said that a friend is somebody with whom it is possible to be silent. — Robert Evans

Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to. — Dale Carnegie

We've had enough exhortations to be silent. Cry out with a thousand tongues - I see the world is rotten because of silence. — Catherine Of Siena

Sit quietly and listen for a voice that will say, "Be more silent." As that happens, your soul starts to revive. — Rumi

The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing. — Plutarch

Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time. — Saint John Chrysostom

Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent. — Miguel De Unamuno

I said, O Love, tell me this: Does the Lord know you are treating me this way? Love said to me, yes He does, just be totally ... totally ... silent — Rumi

She did not especially appreciate children either, but could be kind to them when they were silent. — Gordon Dahlquist

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right. — Cato The Elder

The trouble with women is that they talk too much. It would be good if human beings would keep as silent as this cat. — Soseki Natsume

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say. — Cate Blanchett

There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God. — Pope Francis

To be silent is to be passive. — Octavia Spencer

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak. — Baruch Spinoza

Books are my friends, where it's okay to be silent, where you're not a freak if you don't want to get drunk, peel out in the parking lot, tip cows. — Julie Gregory

Perhaps to love is to learn
to walk through this world.
To learn to be silent
Like the oak and linden of fable.
To learn to see — Octavio Paz

I will be the silent protector Gotham Kayla needs — Sara Wolf

Can thought be silent? — Jiddu Krishnamurti

You plan to be a challenge, do you?"
Juliana smiled angelically. "I agreed to remain, my lord. Not to remain silent. — Sarah MacLean

We cannot withdraw our cards from the game. Were we as silent and mute as stones, our very passivity would be an act. — Jean-Paul Sartre

When we begin to fret and be uneasy, we ought to consider that God hears all our murmurings, though silent, and only the murmurings of the heart. — Matthew Henry

You will be tempted to think this ordeal marks you as weak. Instead, remember it as proof of your strength. — Cassandra Clare

I will be keeper of your secret," Talon told the silent grave of the forgotten inventor. "I will be the one who remembers why we forget. — Neal Shusterman

Now be silent. Let the One who creates the words speak. He made the door. He made the lock. He also made the key. — Rumi

To determine if you're human. Be silent. — Frank Herbert

You can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my words touch you more softly than my hands ... — John Geddes

Do not be silent; there is no limit to the power that may be released through you. — Howard Thurman

Hear, see, and be silent. — Baltasar Gracian

New Rome will be destroyed
By the attacks of new vandals.
God always remains silent. — Dejan Stojanovic

I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity. — Sandra Cisneros

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent. — Christoph Martin Wieland

the Lord is in His holy temple; let everyone on earth be silent in His presence. t — Anonymous

Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness
that means cynically and with innocence. — Friedrich Nietzsche

May your voice be loving enough to silence your own fears. — Silent Lotus

Since I've learned to be silent, everything has come so much closer to me. — Rainer Maria Rilke

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius

They claim that I'm violent just cuz I refuse to be silent. — Tupac Shakur

Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity. — Albert Einstein

The Queen of Red watched on, with Katherine and the Silent Sister, all three of them studying me as if I were some puzzle that might be solved. — Mark Lawrence

Alone with thoughts of what should have long been forgotten, I let myself be carried away into the silent screams of delirium. — Amanda Steele

Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent. — Rachel Carson

Fear makes you silent when you need to be loud and loud when you need silence. — Elizabeth Vaughan

Be like sugarcane sweet yet silent
don't get mixed up with bitter words — Rumi

Well, then, eliminate the people, curtail them, force them to be silent. Because the European Enlightenment is more important than people. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A real friend is one with whom you can be silent. — Anonymous

Be silent in a group of people
See what they reveal to you. — Yoko Ono

Tis best to be silent in a bad cause. — Ovid

If we held grudges for all the idiotic things we said and did as freshman and sophomores, the hallways would be silent. — Kenneth Logan

If the voice was meant to be silent we wouldn't have ears for listening. — Veronica Purcell

Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear. — Catherine Of Siena

Be thy sleep
Silent as night is, and as deep. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

On our watch, the conversation with a would-be suicide bomber will not begin with the words, 'You have the right to remain silent.' — Mitt Romney

Never be silent with persons you love and distrust," Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays. — L.M. Montgomery

100 years ago, movies were black-and-white, silent, and 16 frames a second. So 100 years from now, what are they going to be? — Peter Jackson

Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Enzo's eyes flick back to me. He does not ask if I will be okay. His silent approval makes me stand taller. — Marie Lu

Be as swift as the wind. As silent as the forest. As fierce as the fire. As unshakable as the mountain. And you can do anything... — Renee Ahdieh

To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets. — Ovid

The sum of a man's problems come from his inability to be alone in a silent room. — Blaise Pascal

Learning to be silent is far more difficult and far more important than learning to recite prayers. — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Of Constantinople

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence. — Pythagoras

I had 2 choices, be silent and get killed, or speak up and be killed, I chose the second option. — Malala Yousafzai

Concerning great things one should either be silent or speak loftily. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Speake fitly, or be silent wisely. — George Herbert

The only way to escape the feeling of loneliness is to just be silent — Sonya Withrow

Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth of what he said. — Pope John XXIII

Learn to Be Silent — Robin S. Sharma

What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. — George Eliot

Would it be anything like a literary disaster if Gore Vidal were to fall silent? Easy. No. In fact, there is something to be said for the idea. — Lance Morrow

There's a time to be silent - to build up a reason to sing again. — Jon Foreman

It is time at last for all the gods to be silent. — Marty Rubin