Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
Silent
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
The military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era.
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent.
We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its rough bark, and hear the sound that is part of the tree. Not the sound of wind through the leaves, not the breeze of a morning that flutters the leaves, but its own sound, the sound of the trunk and the silent sound of the roots.
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
Unless and until our society recognizes cyber bullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue.
Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.