Language and Silence
a practice of deep listening skills, somatic sensitivity to language, and greater simultaneous awareness of both content and form of extemporaneous speech.
Or: artful formatting of the spoken word.
Language and Silence
When there’s no place for the scalpel, words are the surgeon’s only tool.
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It’s about mastering the art of letting go.
Phil Jackson • Eleven Rings
All we have to believe with is our senses: the tools we use to perceive the world, our sight, our touch, our memory. If they lie to us, then nothing can be trusted. And even if we do not believe, then still we cannot travel in any other way than the road our senses show us; and we must walk that road to the end.
Neil Gaiman • American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Novel
FUNCTION, BEING, AND WILL The first nine intermezzos are organized around three interwoven dimensions of living systems: function, being, and will. Function is connected to doing, and in the context of this book, it has to do with evolving our ability to understand, discern, and exercise wise judgment—the ability to truly think for ourselves. This
... See moreCarol Sanford • No More Gold Stars: Regenerating Capacity to Think for Ourselves
Reflection is the most difficult of all our activities because we are no longer able to establish relative priorities from the multitude of sensations that engulf us.
John G. Neihardt • Black Elk Speaks
The scouts smoked, meaning that they would tell the truth.
John G. Neihardt • Black Elk Speaks
There’s a common illusion that spiritually evolved, loving people never have any negativity, as though they are already angelic. They get annoyed that they still have negative feelings, and then it’s compounded by their guilt and self-frustration. They have to realize that feelings are transitory, whereas their intention to evolve remains constant.
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