Silent Quotes - Page 29

• Yesterday, happiness came in suddenly, as it used to, and remained for a moment in the great, dark, silent drawing room.

  Julien Green

  Happiness, Dark, Drawing

  Julien Green (1964). “Diary, 1928-1957”, London, Collins

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• But what all the violence of the feudal institutions could never have effected, the silent and insensible operation of foreign commerce and manufactures gradually brought about.

  Adam Smith

  Violence, Institutions, Operations

  Adam Smith (2007). “The Wealth of Nations: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.267, Harriman House Limited

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• The Indians , whom we call barbarous, observe much more decency and civility in their discourses and conversation, giving one another a fair silent hearing till they have quite done; and then answering them calmly, and without noise or passion. And if it be not so in this civiliz'd part of the world, we must impute it to a neglect in education, which has not yet reform'd this antient piece of barbarity amongst us.

  John Locke

  Passion, Giving, Reform

  John Locke (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of John Locke (Illustrated)”, p.1542, Delphi Classics

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• A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered. C. S. LEWIS, Out of the Silent Planet True pleasures are paid for in advance; false pleasures afterwards, with heavy and compound interest.

  John Lubbock

  Pleasure, Heavy, Planets

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• Earth, left silent by the wind of night,Seems shrunken 'neath the gray unmeasured height.

  William Morris

  Night, Wind, Height

  William Morris (1871). “The Earthly Paradise: A Poem”, p.2

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• my belief in the sacrament of the Eucharist is simple: without touch, God is a monologue, an idea, a philosophy; he must touch and be touched, the tongue on flesh, and that touch is the result of the monologues, the idea, the philosophies which led to faith; but in the instant of the touch there is no place for thinking, for talking; the silent touch affirms all that, and goes deeper: it affirms the mysteries of love and mortality.

  Andre Dubus

  Philosophy, Thinking, Simple

  Andre Dubus (2010). “Broken Vessels: Essays”, p.61, Open Road Media

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• Around the steel no tortur'd worm shall twine, No blood of living insect stain my line; Let me, less cruel, cast the feather'd hook, With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook, Silent along the mazy margin stray, And with the fur-wrought fly delude the prey.

  John Gay

  Fishing, Rivers, Lakes

  John Gay (1770). “The works of Mr. John Gay: In four volumes. To which is added an account of the life and writings of the author ...”, p.27

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• Horror has been a genre since the beginning of cinema, all the way back to the days of silent films. I don't think it will ever go away because it's so universal. Humor doesn't always travel to other countries, but horror does.

  John Carpenter

  Country, Thinking, Silent Films

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• We ought to make the moments notes Of happy glad Thanksgiving; The hours and days, a silent praise Of music we are living.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Thanksgiving, Moments, Praise

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2016). “Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)”, p.993, Delphi Classics

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• Being so alone and so silent for so long gave me the opportunity to see how our brains actually work. I think of that so often in my regular life, as I'm always interacting with people or with my computer or phone.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Opportunity, Thinking, Phones

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I agree that not responding, and blocking his email, is the way to deal with the man you hope falls silent again.

  Emily Yoffe

  Block, Fall, Men

  "Advice from Slate's 'Dear Prudence'". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. December 12, 2011.

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• ... sometimes when you are asked a question that is difficult, the mind doesn't stay silent if it doesn't have the answer. The mind produces something, and what it produces very characteristically is the answer to an easier but related question.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Mind, Answers, Sometimes

  "Master Class 2007: A Short Course In Thinking About Thinking". An Edge Special Project, www.edge.org. July 20-22, 2007.

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• The holidays often bring challenging conversations and situations. Sometimes holiness demands that we speak, other times it invites us to be silent. In all circumstances, though, we are called to love.

  Mark Hart

  Holiday, Challenges, Demand

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• Oh, how much holier the world would be if more people invoked their right to remain silent.

  Mark Hart

  People, Would Be, World

  Mark Hart (2013). “Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)”, p.19, Franciscan Media

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• Some women want the strong silent type, so they can tell him to shut up and rearrange the furniture.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Strong, Want, Furniture

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• Silent as despairing love, and strong as jealousy.

  William Blake

  Strong

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.259, Pearson Education

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• We now face the prospect of a kind of global civil war between those who refuse to consider the consequences of civilization's relentless advance and those who refuse to be silent partners in the destruction. More and more people of conscience are joining the effort to resist, but the time has come to make this struggle the central organizing principle of world civilizations.

  Al Gore

  War, Struggle, Civilization

  Al Gore (2013). “Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose”, p.294, Routledge

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• The easiest method of acquiring the habit of scholarship is through acquiring the ability to express oneself clearly in discussing and disputing scholarly problems. This is what clarifies their import and makes them understandable. Some students spend most of their lives attending scholarly sessions. Still, one finds them silent. They do not talk and do not discuss matters. More than is necessary, they are concerned with memorizing. Thus, they do not obtain much of a habit in the practice of scholarship and scholarly instruction.

  Ibn Khaldun

  Practice, Matter, Students

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• I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

  Cate Blanchett

  Opinion, Speak, Okay

  Interview with Jack White,, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 23, 2008.

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• Finally all that is trustworthy is this immeasurable silent awareness that is the truth of who you are, that is love.

  Gangaji

  Awareness, Trustworthy, Who You Are

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• Prayer is a gift from Almighty God that transforms us, whether we bow our heads in solitude, or offer swift and silent prayers in times of trial. Prayer humbles us by reminding us of our place in creation. Prayer strengthens us by reminding us that God loves and cares for each and every soul in His creation. And prayer blesses us by reminding us that there is a divine plan that stands above all human plans.

  George W. Bush

  Prayer, Soul, Solitude

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• The sense of the world must lie outside the world... What we cannot speak about we must remain silent about... What can be described can happen too, and what is excluded by the laws of causality cannot be described.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Lying, Law, World

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• I really don't want to encourage young writers. Keep them down and out and silent is my motto.

  John Updike

  Want, Down And, Young Writers

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• Love, and do what you will. If you are silent, be silent for love; or if you cry out, cry out for love. If you chastise, chastise for love; if you spare, spare for love.

  Saint Augustine

  Cry, Spares, Ifs

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• It was an honor to work with Samantha Morton on this Casablanca-esque, silent-film-esque, Americana photobooth Woolworth's hay day period piece of surrealism/ realism/ story time tell-tale-ism, black and white 35 mm film, washed in strange light, over this love hate tune, heartbreak song, life-goes-on lullaby, The Last Goodbye. It's a doorway into the future of the fatal past-tense. Get it?

  Alison Mosshart

  Goodbye, Song, Hate

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