Paulo Coelho Quotes

A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

We should be sensitive to the thread of silence from which the tissue of speech is woven.

He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent silence.

We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest.

Good as is discourse, silence is better, and shames it. The length of the discourse indicates the distance of thought betwixt the speaker and the hearer. If they were at a perfect understanding in any part, no words would be necessary thereon. If at one in all parts, no words would be suffered.

It's a difficult competition against silence, because silence is a perfect language, the only language which says with no words.

Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.

If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

What isn't said is as important as what is said.

I think there's a great deal of information you can convey with looks or silence.

Sometimes a couple notes are worth a thousand words.

Sometimes not speaking says more than all the words in the world.

Sometimes no length of string is long enough to say the thing that needs to be said. In such cases all the string can do, in whatever its form, is conduct a person's silence.

To the questioning glance of love, as it flashes out and then conceals itself, speech has no reply; the smile, the kiss, the sigh answer.

it's way too early for him to be talking anyhow but I see in his eyes something and I see in his eyes a voice and I see in his eyes a whole new set of words

I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings." -from the Fox-

Good as is discourse, silence is better and shames it.

The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it.

When mouths close, it’s because there’s something important to be said.