You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
Oppression can only survive through silence.
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.