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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. - Victor Hugo

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. Victor Hugo

Music, Impossible, Said, Cannot, Which

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. George Washington

Freedom, Freedom Of Speech, Sheep, Dumb

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Day, End, Matter, Become, Things, Begin

Tears are the silent language of grief. - Voltaire

Tears are the silent language of grief. Voltaire

Grief, Sympathy, Tears, Language

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. - Plutarch

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. Plutarch

Poetry, Painting, Speaks

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. - Malala Yousafzai

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. Malala Yousafzai

Power, World, Voice, Powerful, Whole

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. - George Carlin

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. George Carlin

Wolves, Moon, Only, Nights

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Unknown

Fool, Thought, Speak, Better, Doubt, Out

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares. Henri Nouwen

Friendship, Friend, Grief, Moment

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. - Edmund Burke

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Edmund Burke

Good, People, Tyranny, Conscience, Gain

I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone. Pat Nixon

Alone, Me, Talking, Leave, Mad, Never

Modeling is really silent acting. Arizona Muse

Modeling, Acting, Really

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak. Audre Lorde

Words, Speak, Better, Will, Afraid, Our

We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its rough bark, and hear the sound that is part of the tree. Not the sound of wind through the leaves, not the breeze of a morning that flutters the leaves, but its own sound, the sound of the trunk and the silent sound of the roots. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Morning, Tree, Quality, Roots, Wind

After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person. Nelson Mandela

Simple, Small Things, Walk, Prison

Complete strangers can stand silent next to each other in an elevator and not even look each other in the eye. But at a concert, those same strangers could find themselves dancing and singing together like best friends. That's the power of music. LZ Granderson

Music, Best, Power, Together, Eye, Look

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Life, Fear, Light, Truth, Moment, Speak

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent. Dalai Lama

Saying, Sometimes, Impression, Something

There is no better feeling than doing well while you are doing good. If you really want to meet the nicest, most caring people in your field, get involved with charity work. The thankless hours that go into planning charity dinners, running a carnival, and gathering donations for silent auctions are noticed and appreciated. Jay Samit

Work, Good, Caring, People, Charity, You

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings. Paulo Coelho

Life, Attitude, Political, You, Say, Go

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. John Calvin

Dog, Truth, God, Truth Is, Coward, Would

Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best. Bernard Meltzer

Nature, Best, Joy, World, Birds, Woods

Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues. Rumi

Friend, Heart, Soul, Lips, Mouth, Tongue

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories. George Eliot

Memories, Feel, Two, Human, Souls, Than

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. John Muir

Tree, Storm, Trees, Enthusiasm, Never

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent. H. P. Lovecraft

Nature, Ocean, Blue, Green, Black, White

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