The silence to which the losers pledge themselves is the silence of obedience. Losers have nothing to say; nor have they an audience who would listen. The vanquished are effectively of one with the victors, and of one mind; they are completely incapable of opposition, and therefore without any otherness whatsoever.

They cultivated normality till it stood out of them all over in knobs, like the muscles upon professional strong men, and scarcely looked normal at all. And they talked interminably and loudly. From their bouncing mental health ordinary ill-balanced mortals shrank in alarm.

Fou!" "Who?" "I didn't say 'who'; I said 'fou,' " "I know you did. I said who?" "Who?" "Who's fou?" "Oh, is. By Jove, 'suis'! 'Je suis fou.

I believe that it is my responsibility to keep my personal life normal by not talking about it.

Part of getting over pain and hurt doesn't always mean we have to talk about it. Sometimes it is wiser to keep our thoughts to ourselves. We forget how powerful words can be.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Good as is discourse, silence is better and shames it.

It is the man who does not want to express an opinion whose opinion I want.

S'pose a man was to come to you and say Pollyvoo-franzy - what would you think?

The world has been made by fools that wise men may live in it.

Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.

Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes!