<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Silence - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64747]]></link><description><![CDATA[I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64130]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A moment of silence is not inherently religious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64114]]></link><description><![CDATA[A moment of silence is not inherently religious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56320]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the virtue of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the virtue of fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56313]]></link><description><![CDATA[What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of it. I think from now on I'm going to stick to what she actually does say because I don't have that kind of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56315]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them known only to those who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent, passive, and noiseless though they be, they yet set in action countless multitudes, and change the order of nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These be three silent things: The Falling snow... the hour before the dawn... the mouth of one just dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56316]]></link><description><![CDATA[These be three silent things: The Falling snow... the hour before the dawn... the mouth of one just dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you know the less you need to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56317]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you know the less you need to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56318]]></link><description><![CDATA[An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56306]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56307]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56308]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56310]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56311]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great souls endure in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great souls endure in silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56303]]></link><description><![CDATA[It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence gives consent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence gives consent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56297]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first; Be not discouraged-- keep on-- there are divine things, well envelop'd; I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56301]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first; Be not discouraged-- keep on-- there are divine things, well envelop'd; I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56302]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56290]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quiet mind cureth all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quiet mind cureth all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56293]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56294]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56295]]></link><description><![CDATA[In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the mother of Truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the mother of Truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horrid stillness first invades the ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56286]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horrid stillness first invades the ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56287]]></link><description><![CDATA[If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stillborn silence! thou that art Flood-gate of the deeper heart! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stillborn silence! thou that art Flood-gate of the deeper heart!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is argument carried out by other means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is argument carried out by other means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He sees only night, and hears only silence. [Fr., Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56284]]></link><description><![CDATA[He sees only night, and hears only silence. [Fr., Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is a friend who will never betray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is a friend who will never betray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath,  For a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56274]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath,  For a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech is great; but silence is greater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is great; but silence is greater.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under all speech that is good for anything three lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under all speech that is good for anything three lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56276</guid></item></channel></rss>