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Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.
Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.
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.
Striving to tell his woes, words would not come;
For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
Striving to tell his woes, words would not come;
For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
A horrid stillness first invades the ear,
And in that silence we the tempest fear.
A horrid stillness first invades the ear,
And in that silence we the tempest fear.
Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
Silence is the most powerful scream.
Silence is the most powerful scream.
A moment of silence is not inherently religious.
A moment of silence is not inherently religious.
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and read more
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and
majestic, into the daylight of Life, which they are thenceforth
to rule.
