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Ramana Maharshi Spiritual Teacher
Silence

"Take refuge in silence. You can be here or there or anywhere. Fixed in silence, established in the inner 'I', you can be as you are. The world will never perturb you if you are well founded upon the tranquility within. Gather your thoughts within. Find out the thought centre and discover your Self-equipoise. In storm and turmoil be calm and silent. Watch the events around as a witness. The world is a drama. Be a witness, inturned and introspective."

Self Silence Drama
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
Silence

"We live in succession, in division, in parts and particles. Meantime, within man, is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty to which every part and particle is equally related; the eternal One."

Men Wise Silence
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Carl Jung Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
Silence

"Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living. Talking is often a torment for me, and I need many days of silence to recover from the futility of words."

Talking Silence Healing
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Desmond Tutu Theologian, Activist
Silence

"My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma"

Military Community Silence
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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet
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"My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul."

Lying Silence Grief
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Muhammad Religious Leader
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"It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad, and it is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent, but silence is better than idle words."

Silence Islamic Holy Prophet
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Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher, Writer
Silence

"He walked on in silence, the solitary sound of his footsteps echoing in his head, as in a deserted street, at dawn. His solitude was so complete, beneath a lovely sky as mellow and serene as a good conscience, amid that busy throng, that he was amazed at his own existence; he must be somebody else's nightmare, and whoever it was would certainly awaken soon."

Silence Sky Solitude
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John Steinbeck Novelist, Journalist
Silence

"The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It's not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary under your eyes, no, they are not like any trees we know, they are ambassadors from another time."

Eye Color Silence
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