Robin Hobb Quotes

Speech is great, but silence is greater.

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

I've always felt that the truth is in the silence.

Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn to listen.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

The wisdom of silence is a great asset.

Silence is worth a thousand pieces of silver.

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent.

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

We must ask ourselves how many times others would benefit more from our silence than from our words.

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.

Better the feet slip then the tongue.

The mind sees the world as a thing apart, And the soul makes the world at one with itself. A mirror scratched reflects no image— And this is the silence of wisdom.

May my silences become more accurate.

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)

I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue.

The man I meet with is not often so instructive as the silence he breaks.

It isn't necessary that you leave home. Sit at your desk and listen. Don't even listen, just wait. Don't wait, be still and alone. The whole world will offer itself to you.

Speak and speed: the close mouth catches no flies.

I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sound contribute toward me.

Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.

Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.

Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought.

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.