As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden
Bk. III, ch. 3.
1830s, Sartor Resartus (1833–1834)
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Thomas Carlyle
(1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1830s, Sir Walter Scott (1838)
“Speech is the small change of Silence.”
George Meredith
(1828–1909) British novelist and poet of the Victorian era
Source: The Ordeal of Richard Feverel http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4412/4412.txt (1859), Ch. 34.
“Silence
is an ocean. Speech is a river.”
Rumi
(1207–1273) Iranian poet
"The Three Fish" Ch. 18 : The Three Fish, p. 196
Variant translations or adaptations:
Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.
As quoted in Teachers of Wisdom (2010) by Igor Kononenko, p. 134
Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.
As quoted in "Rumi’s wisdom" (2 October 2015) http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/10/02/character-of-the-week-rumi/, by Paulo Coelho
The Essential Rumi (1995)
Context: Silence
is an ocean. Speech is a river.When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk
into the language-river. Listen to the ocean,
and bring your talky business to an end Traditional words are just babbling
in that presence, and babbling is a substitute
for sight.
“Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.”
Ramana Maharshi
(1879–1950) Indian religious leader
Abide as the Self
“True silence is really endless speech.”
Ramana Maharshi
(1879–1950) Indian religious leader
Abide as the Self
“Speech after long silence; it is right”
After Long Silence http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1432/
The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933)
Context: Speech after long silence; it is right,
All other lovers being estranged or dead,
Unfriendly lamplight hid under its shade,
The curtains drawn upon unfriendly night,
That we descant and yet again descant
Upon the supreme theme of Art and Song:
Bodily decrepitude is wisdom; young
We loved each other and were ignorant.
“Silence is deep as Eternity, speech is shallow as Time.”
Thomas Carlyle
(1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
“678. More have repented speech then silence.”
George Herbert
(1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Silence is the speech of love,
The music of the spheres above.”
Richard Henry Stoddard
(1825–1903) American poet
Speech of Love.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)