"Extreme torture is mute, and so we..." - Quote by Khalil Gibran
Extreme torture is mute, and so we sat silent, petrified, like columns of marble buried under the sand of an earthquake. Neither wished to listen to the other because our heart-threads had become weak and even breathing would have broken them.
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“For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.”
“Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.”
“Give and Take...For to the bee a flower is a fountain if lifeAnd to the flower a bee is a messenger of loveAnd to both, bee and flower,the giving and the receiving is a need and an ecstasy.”
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“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.”
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More on Silence
“If you walk into a forest - you hear all kinds of subtle sounds - but underneath there is an all pervasive silence.”
“All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do their work, and then we see them subside. When they have reached their bloom, each returns to its origin. . . . This reversion is an eternal law. To know that law is wisdom.”
“Among other common lies, we have the silent lie - the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth. Many obstinate truth-mongers indulge in this dissipation, imagining that if they speak no lie, they lie not at all.”