Thomas Huxley Quotes

Indifference is commonly the mother of discretion.

Too much talking these days. Talk talk talk. This country would get along much better if people learned how to suffer in silence.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.

Wait and see.

I chose not to react to everyone's opinion.

I've learned to keep your mouth shut even when something bad is going on. You never know how someone is going to take something you say. You have to bite the bullet.

I'm not a guy that really likes to pile onto somebody. Doesn't really matter who it is.

Silence is accepting the unacceptable when it comes from anybody.

Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.

The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn’t.

Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.

Grown-up people can wait.

I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them.

You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.

Staying together is a challenge. We all have to accept qualities in other people that aren't always exactly what we want or need.

Indifference is an excellent substitute for patience.

When I hear another express an opinion which is not mine, I say to myself, he has a right to his opinion, as I to mine. Why should I question it? His error does me no injury, and shall I become a Don Quixote, to bring all men by force of argument to one opinion? ...Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.

In the face of brutality I was prudent. Before injustice I held my peace. I sacrificed the things in hand for the good of the hypothetical whole. I believed in the tongue instead of the fist. As an armor against oppression I taught patience and faith in the human soul. I know now how wrong I was. I have been a traitor to myself and to my people. All that is rot.

If you feel irritated by the absurd remarks of two people whose conversation you happen to overhear, you should imagine that you are listening to a dialogue of two fools in a comedy.

If you don't know what to play, play nothing.