A Quote by Ali ibn Abi Talib

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Eloquent Most Reply Silence Sometimes Surely

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Ali ibn Abi Talib
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600 - 661

... silence (can) be the most eloquent form of lying.

Pat Conroy

The pause - that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, howsoever felicitous, could accomplish it.

Mark Twain

Silence is often the most eloquent answer to our critics.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Sometimes, to be silent is to be most eloquent.

Charlton Heston

...it was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a bullet.

Lisa Kleypas

All Profound things, and emotions of things are preceded and attended by Silence... Silence is the general consecration of the universe. Silence is the invisible laying on of the Divine Pontiff's hands upon the world. Silence is at once the most harmless and the most awful thing in all nature. It speaks of the Reserved Forces of Fate. Silence is the only Voice of our God.

Herman Melville

I have never heard a more eloquent silence.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Thomas Carlyle

I have to laugh when I receive newsletters from major personalities and when you hit reply, you get a 'do-not-reply' address. It's ridiculous! Don't you want your customers to reply to you?

Brendon Burchard

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.