“Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. ”
Matka Tereza (1910–1997) Roman Catholic saint of Albanian origin
“You confuse not speaking with not listening.”
Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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