"Your mind has a flood of questions. There is but one teacher Who can answer them. Who is that teacher? Your silence-loving heart."
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"All I want is blackness. Blackness and silence."
"Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness"
"Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence."
"True friendship resists time, distance and silence."
"Silence is the virtue of fools."
"Our silence is deafening and deadly."
"Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning."
"Silence And a deeper silence When the crickets Hesitate"
"Silence is a great peacemaker."
"People who make no noise are dangerous."
"Stones are mute teachers; they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate."
"Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval."
"Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow."
"Keeping quiet means being without any techniques, effort or intention to meditate... not following the thought stream."
"Silence always gives consent."
"Hear, see, and be silent."
"Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech."
"It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well."
"You don't have to explain something you never said."