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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.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
A moment of silence is not inherently religious.
A moment of silence is not inherently religious.
Stillborn silence! thou that art
Flood-gate of the deeper heart!
Stillborn silence! thou that art
Flood-gate of the deeper heart!
If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two.
If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two.
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.
Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.
He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.
He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.
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.
