“Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence.”

“Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. ”

“I don’t think many people appreciate silence or realize that it is as close to music as you can get.”

“Don’t just accept the world you inherit today. Don’t just accept the status quo. No big challenge has ever been solved, and no lasting improvement has ever been achieved, unless people dare to try something different. Dare to think different.”

“…. it is not wise to keep the fire going under a slander unless you can get some large advantage out of keeping it alive. Few slanders can stand the wear of silence.”

“It does not make such a difference whether you are simply mute or employ no art for speaking. For it is not feasible that you can express what you think as it should be understood unless you acquire and strengthen the ability to speak by art.”

“You can't improve sound by having only silence. The problem is to use each at the proper time.”

“Mimi: Silencing you because I don’t like what you say is censorship.
Silencing you because I can make more money that way is copyright.
They’re totally different!
Eunice: The profit motive makes it OK.”

“Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.”

“Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.”