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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.

— Audre Lorde

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✓Similar Perspectives

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.

— Audre Lorde

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

— William S. Burroughs

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

— Jennifer Love Hewitt

I've never given a speech without being terrified first.

— Susan Cain

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.

— Tacitus

Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.

— Saint Ignatius

I am not frightened of speaking my mind. I don't have fear in that regard.

— Jade Jagger

✗Opposing Perspectives

Silence is safer than speech.

— Epictetus

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

— Cate Blanchett

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

— Randeep Hooda