“Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.”
~ Cato
Confucius on Silence
“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
~ Confucius
Tsunetomo Yamamoto on Silence
“A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.”
~ Tsunetomo Yamamoto / Hagakure
Benjamin Franklin on Silence
Hear no ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Dalai Lama on Silence
Silence is sometimes the best answer.
~ Dalai Lama
Buddha on Words
“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”
~ Buddha
William Shakespeare
“Talkers are no good doers.”
~ William Shakespeare
Zora Neale Hurston on Suffering in Silence
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Cato The Younger on Silence
“I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid.”
~ Cato the Younger
Epictetus on Circumspection
“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”
~ Epictetus
Seneca on Silence
“It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence”
~ Seneca
Albert Einstein on Work, Play and Silence
“If A is success in life, then
A = x + y + z.
Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut.”
~ Albert Einstein