"Modern man has lost the option of silence."
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"What, gone without a word? Ay, so true love should do; it cannot speak, For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it."
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"Silence, yes, but what silence! For it is all very fine to keep silence, but one has also to consider the kind of silence one keeps."
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"Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb."
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"The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause."
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"Words engage our minds, but in the silence we hear the Presence of God."
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"In the silence, in the darkness, swept away by these alien alkaloids and the plant-mind behind them, you find out a truth that can barely be told. And most of it can't be told."
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"Silence is a figure of speech, unanswerable, short, cold, but terribly severe."
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"Speech is of time, silence is of eternity."
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"The speech of God is silence. His Word is solitude."
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"For language to have meaning, there must be intervals of silence somewhere, to divide word from word and utterance from utterance. He who retires into silence does not necessarily hate language. Perhaps it is love and respect for language which imposes silence upon him. For the mercy of God is not heard in words unless it is heard, both before and after the words are spoken, in silence."
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"But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question."
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"It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am, the more affection I have for them. It is pure affection, and filled with reverance for the solitude of others. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say."
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"I tell my students one of the most important things they need to know is when they are at their best, creatively. They need to ask themselves, What does the ideal room look like? Is there music? Is there silence? Is there chaos outside or is there serenity outside? What do I need in order to release my imagination?"
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"There in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no meaning."
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"To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one."
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"Woman, to women silence is the best ornament."
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"Silence is bringing you back home, and it gives you that much needed energy to realize 'Who You Are', to realize that there is bliss, there is beauty, there is joy, and that is 'You'"
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"This silence, this moment, every moment, If it's genuinely inside you, brings what you need."
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"Silence is a source of great strenght."
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