# Quote — Edward T. Hall, The Silent Language

> Culture hides more than it reveals, and strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own participants.

- Author: [Edward T. Hall](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-t-hall.md)
- Book: [The Silent Language](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-t-hall/the-silent-language.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_T._Hall#The_Silent_Language_(1959)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-t-hall/the-silent-language/culture-hides-more

## More from this book

> The real job is not to understand foreign culture but to understand our own.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-t-hall/the-silent-language/the-real-job.md)