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The Benefits of Silence
The Benefits of Silence
The Benefits of Silence
A Counter-Cultural Idea?
• Many young people of the 21st century act
as though silence is to be avoided at all
costs. They are always “plugged in” with
their I-Pods, I-Pads, I-Phones,
Blackberries, Androids, etc. The marketers
of these devices certainly promote being
“plugged in.” Silence promotes thought,
and many people have been trained to
avoid thought at all costs. People who are
“plugged in” and aren’t thinking, are more
easily controlled. That’s a scary thought.
• Most of us have moments when we long
for silence -- when wish that TVs would
stop blaring, iPods would pause, and
those loud cell-phone talkers could be
muted. Even if you're surrounded by
noise, take a few minutes to pause and
reflect on the power of silence, to restore,
to heal and to reveal the unexpected.
Enjoy these quotes about silence.
• The silence sings. It is musical. I
remember a night when it was audible. I
heard the unspeakable.
• Max Picard
• All profound things, and emotions of things
are preceded and attended by silence.
• Herman Melville
• I listened to the silence.
• Orhan Pamuk
• In silence alone does a man's truth bind
itself together and strike root.
• Antoine de Saint-Exupery
• Silence is audible to all men, at all times,
and in all places. She is when we hear
inwardly, sound when we hear outwardly.
• Thomas Merton
• People want lectures. I give them silence.
• Mother Meera
• Silence is the element in which great
things fashion themselves together; that at
length they may emerge full-formed and
majestic into the daylight of Life, which
they are thenceforth to rule.
• Thomas Carlyle
• It is in the womb of silence that
we can grow ideas for the best
course of action to take.
• If what you have to say is
truthful, kind, and useful, then
say it; if not, silence is best.
BY: Mirka Knaster