He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

Quote by William Dean Howells

Topics: Sleep Quotes

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of...

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of...

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago...

You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago...

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too...

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too...

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the...

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the...

How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?

How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not...

Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not...

Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?

Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?

There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled...

There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled...

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and...

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and...

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason...

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason...

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like...

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like...

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.