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Silence is a true friend who never betrays. - Confucius

Silence is a true friend who never betrays. Confucius

Friend, True Friend, True, Never, Who

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Words, End, Friends, Remember, Will, Our

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

Nature, Stars, Friend, God, Moon, Sun

Silence is a source of great strength. - Lao Tzu

Silence is a source of great strength. Lao Tzu

Strength, Great, Source

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. - Elbert Hubbard

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. Elbert Hubbard

Words, Understand, Will, Your, He, Who

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph. Haile Selassie

History, Justice, Evil, Voice, Better

Silence is better than unmeaning words. - Pythagoras

Silence is better than unmeaning words. Pythagoras

Words, Better, Than

I like the muted sounds, the shroud of grey, and the silence that comes with fog. Om Malik

Fog, Grey, Like, Sounds, Shroud, Muted

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Good, People, Bad People, Good People

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Death, Sadness, Image, Absolute, Leads

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. - Josh Billings

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. Josh Billings

Anger, Hardest, Refute

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great, Conversation, Arts

For too long, our society has shrugged off bullying by labeling it a 'rite of passage' and by asking students to simply 'get over it.' Those attitudes need to change. Every day, students are bullied into silence and are afraid to speak up. Let's break this silence and end school bullying. Linda Sanchez

Change, Bullying, School, Day, Society

Silence is true wisdom's best reply. - Euripides

Silence is true wisdom's best reply. Euripides

Wisdom, Best, True, Reply

One of the greatest attacks of the enemy is to make you busy, to make you hurried, to make you noisy, to make you distracted, to fill the people of God and the Church of God with so much noise and activity that there is no room for prayer. There is no room for being alone with God. There is no room for silence. There is no room for meditation. Paul Washer

God, Alone, Prayer, People, Being Alone

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. Khalil Gibran

Kindness, Teacher, I Am, Strange, Am

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel

Oppressor, Never, Victim, Sides, Take

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. - Alice Walker

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. Alice Walker

Friendship, Friend, Grow, Right, Person

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. - Thomas Carlyle

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. Thomas Carlyle

Time, Deep, Speech, Eternity, Shallow

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. - Muhammad Ali

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. Muhammad Ali

Good, Think, You, Golden, Answer

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. Margaret Atwood

Gift, Together, Voice, Speech, Possible

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed. Charlotte Bronte

Dreams, Hope, Heart, Broken, Thoughts

Sometimes you don't have to say anything. Silence speaks it all. Disha Patani

You, Say, Sometimes, Anything, Speaks

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. - Francis Bacon

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. Francis Bacon

Wisdom, Sleep, Nourishes

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't. Audre Lorde

Women, Fear, Respect, Speak, Voice, More

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. - George Bernard Shaw

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. George Bernard Shaw

Perfect, Expression, Most, Scorn

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