"Among all nations, there should be vast temples raised where the people might worship Silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of God."
—Jerome K. Jerome in Diary of a Pilgrimage
"It is not necessary for you to leave your house. Stay at your table and listen. Don't even listen, just wait. Don't even wait, be completely still and alone. The world will offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will writhe in ecstasy at your feet."
—Franz Kafka in The Zürau Aphorisms, #109
"In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness."
—M.K. Gandhi
"Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul."
—Thomas Moore
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