If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is
work. Y read more

If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is
work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.

Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.

Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.

An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space read more

An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.

Silence is the mother of Truth.

Silence is the mother of Truth.

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.

Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the
wise.
[Fr., Le silence est read more

Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the
wise.
[Fr., Le silence est l'esprit des sots, et l'une des vertus du
sage.]

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

The more you know the less you need to say.

The more you know the less you need to say.