Ray Bradbury Quotes

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

Here they learned to Wait. To Watch. To think thoughts and not voice them.

Now I must wait and be still and say nothing I don't know, nothing I haven't lived over and over, and that's everything.

Sometimes, the hardest thing was doing nothing.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.

Silence is a source of great strength.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

I have not yet learned to keep still.

One of man's greatest obligations is anger.

I haven't got a lot of patience.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

Beware the fury of the patient man.

I always deeply admire people who can stay still in a room and wait for people to come to them.

I observe and remain silent.

She looked at his young face, so full of concern and tenderness; and she remembered why she had run away from everyone else and sought solitude here. She yearned to kiss him, and she saw the answering longing in his eyes. Every fiber of her body told her to throw herself into his arms, but she knew what she had to do. She wanted to say, I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage; but instead she said: "I think I'm going to marry Alfred.

If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."

For years I have endeavored to calm an impetuous tide -- laboring to make my feelings take an orderly course -- it was striving against the stream.

Only keep still, wait, and hear, and the world will open.

Possess your soul with patience.

Staying silent, staying away from him... that was the hardest thing I've ever done.