If we have learned to be silent before the Word, we will also learn to manage our silence and our speech during the day.

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

Take Care not to have an itching tongue, nor tingling ears; neither attract others, nor listen to backbiters. [Letter to Nepotian]

It was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at sea and the old man had always considered it so and respected it. But

I've been such a private person.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

The second exercise is a favorite of Yogi Raman's. He used to go an entire day without speaking, except in response to a direct question." "Kind of like a vow of silence?" "Actually that's exactly what it was, John. The Tibetan monks who popularized this practice believed that to hold one's tongue for an extended period of time would have the effect of enhancing one's discipline.

You're mad, bonkers, completely off your head. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.

People who don't think shouldn't talk.

Alice thought to herself, 'Then there's no use in speaking.' The voices didn't join in this time, as she hadn't spoken, but to her great surprise, they all thought in chorus (I hope you understand what thinking in chorus means--for I must confess that I don't), 'Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!

Oh, I love London Society! It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what Society should be.