Eduardo Galeano Quotes

Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does.

Even silence is so articulate at times.

Why must one talk? Often one shouldn't talk, but live in silence. The more one talks, the less the words mean. (Nana Kleinfrankenheim, Vivre Sa Vie)

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

You say it best, when you say nothing at all.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

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

The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories.

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

Words are the part of silence that can be spoken.

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.

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

A story is told as much by silence as by speech.

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.

In any interview, you do say more or less than you mean.

It's not that I don't like words. There's sometimes no need for words.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.

Silence is a universal language. It's like music or painting.

You can't be silent and create silence in being silent. So you have to create silence or, rather, the effect of silence, through words.

Sometimes you don't have to say anything. Silence speaks it all.

Words are powerful.

For language to have meaning, there must be intervals of silence somewhere, to divide word from word and utterance from utterance. He who retires into silence does not necessarily hate language. Perhaps it is love and respect for language which imposes silence upon him. For the mercy of God is not heard in words unless it is heard, both before and after the words are spoken, in silence.

Nothing at times is more expressive than silence.

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.