Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.

Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking.

God gave people 2 ears and 1 mouth because He wants us to listen twice as much as we talk.

... God gave you just one mouth but He gave you two ears, so you should listen twice as much as you speak

Silence gives us a new outlook on everything. We need silence to be able to touch souls. The essential thing is not what we say but what God says to us and through us.

Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

And for a long while they stood side by side without speaking, each seeing the other in every line of the landscape.

Archer reddened to the temples, but dared not move or speak: it was as if her words had been some rare butterfly that the least motion might drive off on startled wings, but that might gather a flock about it if it were left undisturbed

But these mysteries, and many others, were closely locked in Mr. Jackson's breast; for not only did his keen sense of honour forbid his repeating anything privately imparted, but he was fully aware that his reputation for discretion increased his opportunities of finding out what he wanted to know.

It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.

Knowledge is power only as long as you keep your mouth shut.