Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
- Diogenes of Babylon
In Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, the profoundly human (i.e., imperfect) teacher, Hector, reminds his students that “The best moments in reading are when you come across something—a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things—that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, may... See more
“In Silence God ceases to be an object and becomes an experience.”
Thomas Merton
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. - R.W. Emerson
Black is all colors at once
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
– Jiddu Krishnamurti
– Jiddu Krishnamurti