Better Remain Silent Quotes

“In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is ... in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.”

— Theodore Dalrymple

“God cannot be referred to as 'good,' 'better,' or 'best' because He is above all things. If a man says that God is wise, the man is lying because anything that is wise can become wiser. Anything that a man might say about God is incorrect ... The best a man can do is to remain silent ... The true master knows that if he had a God he could understand, he would never hold Him to be God.”

— Andrew Davidson

“It's better to remain silent and give the impression of being foolish then to speak and remove all doubt.”

— Rami Belson

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”

— Maurice Switzer

“No matter which way we go, it is no better than any other. It is all the same whether you achieve something or not, have faith or not, just as it is all the same whether you cry or remain silent.”

— Emil Cioran

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.”

— Annie Besant

“When we tell little white lies, we become progressively color-blind. It is better to remain silent than to mislead.”

— James E. Faust

“It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.”

— Saint Francis De Sales

“It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad, and it is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent, but silence is better than idle words.”

— Muhammad

“Better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak out and confirm that you didn't do the assigned readings before the strategic planning retreat.”

— Abraham Lincoln