When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
Jordan Peterson
There are two medicines for all ills: time and silence.
Alexandre Dumas
Be silent, or say something that is better than silence.
German proverbs
A quiet fool is half a sage.
Yiddish proverbs
No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.
William Shakespeare
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Leonardo da Vinci
To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
Will Durant
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
Alice Walker
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King
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.
Mother Teresa
I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
C.S Lewis