Paulo Coelho Quotes

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

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

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

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth.

Silence hides nothing. Words conceal.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I think it's not about what you say; it's about what you don't say.

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

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

The sheer act of listening speaks volumes that even a great speech can't communicate.

Speech is one symptom of affection; and silence one; the perfect communication is heard of none.

Little said is soon amended.

He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.

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

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-

Her silence was the blank space between the words.

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)

Ninety percent of what youre saying isnt coming out of your mouth.

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