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If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two.
If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two.
What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of read more
What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of it. I think from now on I'm going to stick to what she actually does say because I don't have that kind of time.
Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute read more
Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.
Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.
Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.
Speech is great; but silence is greater.
Speech is great; but silence is greater.
The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire.
The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire.
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to read more
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
