Half-wits talk much, but say little.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

I'm constantly around people that talk a lot but say nothing. A sad case.

People have nothing to say, but they are afraid of saying nothing, so what they do say comes out flat and vapid and meaningless. The shadow of death is on every face.

The world is filled with polite, shy, inscrutable, unintelligible, tight lipped, superficial, dishonest and also honest people who for one reason or another do not say what they think. The search for freedom of speech has barely begun. Many do not reveal their thoughts because they are not sure what they think. Many would be braver in their speech if they were more certain of a sympathetic hearing. Many, particularly in places where success depends on conformity, are schooled to be hypocrites. The hidden thoughts in other people’s heads are the great darkness that surrounds us.

There's all the difference in the world between having something to say, and having to say something.

Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing.

One says a lot in vain, refusing;
The other mainly hears the "No."

Just imagine the silence in the world, if people talked only what they knew

901. Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.

People don't think what they feel, don't say what they think and don't do what they say.

Half of humanity doesn’t know what it wants or how to find out. The other half knows what it wants, hasn’t got it, and is going crazy trying to convince itself that it already has it.

It just showed once again that half the world doesn’t know how the other three quarters live.

We didn't say anything because there was such an awful lot to say, and no language to say it in.