I defend Not my voice, but my silence

Anna Akhmatova
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  1. Silence is the mother of truth. - Benjamin Disraeli

  2. Silence is a powerful tool. - Na

  3. Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. - Napoleon Hill

  4. In not only the physical science, but in the real mental silence, the wisdom dawns. (75) - Swami Satchidananda

  5. The more silent is my mind, The more it speaks; Wisdom is a light divine, And its shadow a mystique! - Neelam Saxena Chandra

More Quotes By Anna Akhmatova
  1. Flowers, cold from the dew, And autumn's approaching breath, I pluck for the warm, luxuriant braids, Which haven't faded yet. In their nights, fragrantly resinous, Entwined with delightful mystery, They will breathe in her springlike Extraordinary beauty. But in a whirlwind of sound and fire,...

  2. Let my heiress have full rights, Live in my house, sing songs that I composed. Yet how slowly my strength ebbs, How the tortured breast craves air. The love of my friends, my enemies' rancor And the yellow roses in my bushy garden, And a...

  3. You will hear thunder and remember me, And think: she wanted storms. The rim Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson, And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.

  4. As the future ripens in the past, so the past rots in the future --a terrible festival of dead leaves.

  5. This cruel age has deflected me, like a river from this course. Strayed from its familiar shores, my changeling life has flowedinto a sister channel. How many spectacles I've missed:the curtain rising without me, and falling too. How many friends I never had the chance...

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