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 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.] 
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.
The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first; Be not discouraged-- keep on-- there are divine things, well envelop'd; I read more
The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first; Be not discouraged-- keep on-- there are divine things, well envelop'd; I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. read more
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.
It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.
 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. 
Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, read more
Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how read more
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls.
In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.