"I believe in the discipline of silence,..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
I believe in the discipline of silence, and could talk for hours about it.
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“No more words. In the name of this place we drink in with our breathing, stay quiet like a flower. So the nightbirds will start singing.”
“To be silent is not to lose your tongue. On the contrary, it is only through silence that one can discover something new to talk about. One who talked incessantly, without stopping to look and listen, would repeat himself ad nauseam.”
“He who talks more is sooner exhausted.”
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“The whole point is to discipline the mind.”
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