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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 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.
Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.
Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.
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.
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 silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them read more
The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them known only to those who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent, passive, and noiseless though they be, they yet set in action countless multitudes, and change the order of nations.
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.
I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.
