Now all my teachers are dead except silence.

Quote by W S Merwin

Topics: Silence Quotes

Now all my teachers are dead except silence.

Now all my teachers are dead except silence.

Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end...

Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end...

We are asleep with compasses in our hands.

We are asleep with compasses in our hands.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great...

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great...

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

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

One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a...

One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a...

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the...

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the...

Silence is become his mother tongue.

Silence is become his mother tongue.

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better....

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better....

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may...

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

Silence is more musical than any song.

Silence is more musical than any song.

That awkward silence after a teacher yells at a student.

That awkward silence after a teacher yells at a student.

Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise

Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of...

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of...

Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

The silence of a treacherous man is to be feared even more than his words

The silence of a treacherous man is to be feared even more than his words

Silence is the mother of truth.

Silence is the mother of truth.