Do not argue at all with the devil and his temptations or accusations and arguments, nor, by the example of Christ, refute them. Just keep silent altogether; turn away and hold him in contempt. For no one conquers the devil by arguing with him, since he is incomparably more clever than all of us. But if you should not fight with the devil, much less should you do it with man. Rather you should put up with him, because he does not do the work himself, but the devil uses man as his tool.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Then I thought, Maybe it doesn't need a bass part as much as it needs a bass sound. I turned on my Roland Juno-106 synth and created a very simple and understated bass sound. All low end, no attack, no high end. Just simple, anchoring bass. I played it over the chords and it worked. Most people wouldn't even notice the bass; it just sat there underneath the song, holding it together.

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

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly deaf.

A man may betray Jesus Christ by speaking too many words, and he may betray him through keeping his mouth shut.

If you open your mouth in the dark, you will speak while in the wrong mood--darkness is the time to listen.

no one finds a braggart wise. And once I no longer thought of listening as "waiting to talk," I began to have more meaningful conversations.

Further, we often make the mistake of treating listening as merely waiting for our turn to talk. While other team members are making their points, we're preparing our rebuttal. It takes practice and discipline to withhold the urge to jump in with our opinion and really concentrate on what the other person is saying.

Winning the war of words involves choosing our words carefully. It is not just about the words we say, but also about the words we choose not to say.

Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. (James 1:19)