I think No comment is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again. I got it from Sumner Welles. To reporters at the Washington airport after conferring with President Truman at the White House February 12 1946
Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong the refuge of the weak the modesty of the proud the pride of the humble the prudence of the wise and the sense of fools. To speak is to … dissipate ones strength; whereas what action demands is concentration. Silence is a necessary preliminary to the ordering of ones thoughts.
Go your own way. Question everything. Accept nothing. Accept no dogma no cant. There are too many people walking around thinking theyre sacred cows and theyre only half right
Wishing you happiness always! Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. …. Therefore be at peace with God whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham drudgery and broken dreams it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern Schweigen ist golden Speech is silvern Silence is golden; or as I might rather express it Speech is of Time Silence is of Eternity.
The worst thing one can do is not to try to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized never knowing.
Verily God will say on the Day of Judgement O children of Adam! I was sick and ye did not visit Me. And the sons of Adam will say O our defender how could we visit Thee? For thou art the Lord of the Universe and art free from sickness. And God will say O men! Such a one was sick and you did not visit him. And God will say O children of Adam I asked you for food and ye gave it me not? And the children of Adam will say O our patron how could we give Thee food seeing Thou art the cherisher of the Universe and art free from hunger and eating? And God will say Such a one asked you for bread and you did not give it him.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
Silence is foolish if we are wise but wise if we are foolish.
A good time to keep your mouth shut is when youre in deep water.
Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.
I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences you are to tell the truth.
To wish well is part of becoming well.
My personal hobbies are reading listening to music and silence.
There are times when silence has the loudest voice.
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better.
He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
A yawn is a silent shout.
I think No comment is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again. I got it from Sumner Welles. To reporters at the Washington airport after conferring with President Truman at the White House February 12 1946
Silence is a friend who will never betray.
Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong the refuge of the weak the modesty of the proud the pride of the humble the prudence of the wise and the sense of fools. To speak is to … dissipate ones strength; whereas what action demands is concentration. Silence is a necessary preliminary to the ordering of ones thoughts.
Go your own way. Question everything. Accept nothing. Accept no dogma no cant. There are too many people walking around thinking theyre sacred cows and theyre only half right
Let thy speech be better than silence or be silent.
Wishing you happiness always! Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. …. Therefore be at peace with God whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham drudgery and broken dreams it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
If A equal success then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z with X being work Y play and Z keeping your mouth shut.
We forget ourselves and our destinies in health and the chief use of temporary sickness is to remind us of these concerns.
Silence gives consent.
Silence is wonderful to listen to.
And silence like a poultice comes To heal the blows of sound.
As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern Schweigen ist golden Speech is silvern Silence is golden; or as I might rather express it Speech is of Time Silence is of Eternity.
One of the greatest sounds of them alland to me it is a soundis utter complete silence.
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
Oppression can only survive through silence.
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence but restraint.
If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.’08-02-2010
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why arent we like that wise old bird?
The worst thing one can do is not to try to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized never knowing.
Great souls suffer in silence.
Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy if I could say how much.
One learns in life to keep silent and draw ones own confusions.
The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.
In human intercourse the tragedy begins not when there is a misunderstanding about words but when silence is not understood.
What is not yet done is only what we have not yet attempted to do.
Use the talents you possess for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.
Like a long-legged fly upon the stream His mind moves upon silence.
If a word spoken in its time is worth one piece of money silence in its time is worth two.
Verily God will say on the Day of Judgement O children of Adam! I was sick and ye did not visit Me. And the sons of Adam will say O our defender how could we visit Thee? For thou art the Lord of the Universe and art free from sickness. And God will say O men! Such a one was sick and you did not visit him. And God will say O children of Adam I asked you for food and ye gave it me not? And the children of Adam will say O our patron how could we give Thee food seeing Thou art the cherisher of the Universe and art free from hunger and eating? And God will say Such a one asked you for bread and you did not give it him.