“How Doom hold heat, and preach non-violence? Shhh, he 'bout to start the speech, c'mon, silence!”
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Thomas Carlyle book Sartor Resartus
As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden
Bk. III, ch. 3.
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Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
5th Public Talk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (30 May 1967)
1960s
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1830s, Sir Walter Scott (1838)
Óscar Romero (1917–1980) Fourth Archbishop of San Salvador
Oscar A. Romero, The Violence of Love http://data.plough.com/ebooks/ViolenceOfLove.pdf (1977).
“Speech is the small change of Silence.”
George Meredith (1828–1909) British novelist and poet of the Victorian era
Source: The Ordeal of Richard Feverel http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4412/4412.txt (1859), Ch. 34.
“Silence
is an ocean. Speech is a river.”
Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
"The Three Fish" Ch. 18 : The Three Fish, p. 196<br>Variant translations or adaptations:<br>Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.<br>As quoted in Teachers of Wisdom (2010) by Igor Kononenko, p. 134<br>Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.<br>As quoted in "Rumi’s wisdom" (2 October 2015) http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/10/02/character-of-the-week-rumi/, by Paulo Coelho <br class="br">The Essential Rumi (1995) <br class="br">Context: Silence<br>is an ocean. Speech is a river.When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk<br>into the language-river. Listen to the ocean,<br>and bring your talky business to an end Traditional words are just babbling<br>in that presence, and babbling is a substitute<br>for sight.
“Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.”
Ramana Maharshi (1879–1950) Indian religious leader
Abide as the Self
Newton Lee American computer scientist
Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015