“Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits.”
Source: Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
John O'Donohue 44
Irish writer, priest and philosopher 1956–2008Related quotes

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”


“No carelessness in your actions. No confusion in your words. No imprecision in your thoughts.”
Hays translation
Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.
VIII, 51
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII
“Behind the word is silence, behind that silence is forgetfulness.”
Empire of Dreams (prose poetry, 1988)