Arguments out of a petty mouth are unanswerable.

How can you talk if you don't say anything? I said. You talk without words. We are always talking without words. Well, what good are words, then? Not very good, most of the time. Most of the time they're only good to keep back what you really want to say, or something you don't want known.

When eagles are silent, parrots begin to chatter.

No voice, no low, no howl is heard; the chief sound of life here is a hiss.

By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate the brain, we don't experience 100 percent peace.

Never miss a chance to shut up.

Not all prayer is in words, because not all conversation is in words.

Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

And while from inside we would hear coughs and stirrings, there was never a rustle in the listeners out the door.

Not appreciating the noise until she was surrounded by silence.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut.

Don't waste words with people who deserve your silence, Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.