"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence...." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

“Learn diligence before speedy execution.”

“A bird maintains itself in the air by imperceptible balancing, when near to the mountains or lofty ocean crags; it does this by means of the curves of the winds which as they strike against these projections, being forced to preserve their first impetus bend their straight course towards the sky with divers revolutions, at the beginning of which the birds come to a stop with their wings open, receiving underneath themselves the continual buffetings of the reflex courses of the winds.”

“The motions of men must be such as suggest their dignity or their baseness.”

“We do not believe that if you cut back what government does you diminish its authority. On the contrary, a government that did less, and therefore did better, would strengthen its authority.”

“Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party.”

“Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.”

“But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!”

“I have often repented of speech but hardly ever of silence.”

“This silence, this moment, every moment, If it's genuinely inside you, brings what you need.”