Quotes about Silence

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.

As victims of hurt, we frequently don't bring up what ails us, because so many wounds look absurd in the light of day.

What we see evidence for in others, we will attend to within, what others are silent about, we may stay blind to or experience only in shame.

Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words. They should remain open. Our only comfort is the God of the resurrection, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ...

But I'm afraid I'm bad at comforting; I can listen all right, but I can hardly ever find anything to say.

If we have learned to be silent before the Word, we will also learn to manage our silence and our speech during the day.

To be silent does not mean to be inactive; rather it means to breathe in the will of God, to listen attentively and be ready to obey.4 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Meditating on the Word.

He who holds his tongue in check controls both mind and body. Thus it must be a decisive rule of every Christian fellowship that each individual is prohibited from saying much that occurs to him.

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

It is one of the great ironies of our time that those who pass for "black leaders" are so vocal about every perceived racial slight, and yet are not only silent—but even supportive—of the most overt and destructive attack on black Americans: abortion on demand.

It was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at sea and the old man had always considered it so and respected it. But