I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.  Kahlil Gibran quotes The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the secret anniversaries of the heart. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound. Helen Keller quotes The fish in the water is silent, the animals on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air. Rabindranath Tagore quotes After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. Aldous Huxley quotes I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. Kahlil Gibran quotes The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails. William Shakespeare quotes True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable Anonymous quotes | 
