Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

You are a slave to what you do say, a master of what you don't say.

Silence is never more golden than when you hold it long enough to get all the facts before you speak.

When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.

The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

I don't know whether to keep silent and let people think I am ignorant or open my mouth and release all doubts.

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.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.