Silence

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