東年選譯

Martin Luther King, Jr.：

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things

that matter.

我們的生命活力開始於一天的結束，那時我們不再煩心有問題的事。

We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

我們將記得朋友們的沉默而不是仇敵的話語。 

Robert Greeleaf：

Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much.

許多感情或信念的傳達，努力無效，因為說得太多。 

Rachel Naomi Remen： 

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.

和別人交往，最基本、最有效的方法是聽，就是聽；也許我們和他人能夠互動的，究竟是專心....在獲得諒解和結合，誠意的沉默常常遠比善意的話有力。 

Mark Twain： 

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

滔滔不絕於消除懷疑，不如沉默像傻子。 

Sam Levenson：

It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it.

成為智者十分容易，只要考慮到即將出口的是蠢話，就不要吐出。 

Sally Berger：

You never saw a fish on the wall with its mouth shut.

你永遠看不到一條躺在石頭上的魚是閉著嘴巴的。 

Francis Bacon：

Silence is the virtue of fools.

沉默是蠢人的優點。