And silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Silence Quotes

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than...

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than...

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...