
“Silence is a fence around wisdom.”
Source: Hilkhot De'ot (Laws Concerning Character Traits), Chapter 2, Section 5, p. 33
Pirkei Avot, 3:17.
“Silence is a fence around wisdom.”
Source: Hilkhot De'ot (Laws Concerning Character Traits), Chapter 2, Section 5, p. 33
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 414.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“Silence is one of the gates to wisdom.”
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 523.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”
“Silence does not always mark wisdom.”
“Aphorisms respect the wisdom of silence by disturbing it, but briefly.”
"Where Epics Fail: Aphorisms on Art, Morality & Spirit" (2018)
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 355.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.”
Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.2, p. 124.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“Wisdom never learned silence, and it is most annoying when least wanted.”
Source: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (1974), Chapter 10, p. 272.