“Silence is deep as Eternity, speech is shallow as Time.”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
“Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.”
1830s, Sir Walter Scott (1838)
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“Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
Thomas Carlyle book Sartor Resartus
As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden
Bk. III, ch. 3.
1830s, Sartor Resartus (1833–1834)
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
Bk. III, ch. 3.
1830s, Sartor Resartus (1833–1834)
“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.”
Dionysius I of Syracuse (-430–-367 BC) Sicilian tyrant
Frag. 6, as quoted in Handy-book of Literary Curiosities (1892) by William Shepard Walsh, p. 1009.
“Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.”
Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
“To maintain immaculate speech, often times silence is required.”
Yahia Lababidi (1973)
"Where Epics Fail: Aphorisms on Art, Morality & Spirit" (2018)
“Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.”
Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889) English writer and poet
Of Discretion.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838-1849)
“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<br>Variant translations or adaptations:<br>Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.<br>As quoted in Teachers of Wisdom (2010) by Igor Kononenko, p. 134<br>Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.<br>As quoted in "Rumi’s wisdom" (2 October 2015) http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/10/02/character-of-the-week-rumi/, by Paulo Coelho <br class="br">The Essential Rumi (1995) <br class="br">Context: Silence<br>is an ocean. Speech is a river.When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk<br>into the language-river. Listen to the ocean,<br>and bring your talky business to an end Traditional words are just babbling<br>in that presence, and babbling is a substitute<br>for sight.