Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
Interpretation
Silence allows us to connect with deeper insights and divine inspiration.
This quote emphasizes the importance of silence and introspection in our lives. It suggests that in the quiet moments, away from the noise of everyday life, we can access profound truths and guidance that may otherwise go unheard, highlighting the value of contemplation and awareness in our spiritual journeys.
In practice
During a meditation session, you might share this quote to emphasize the need for silence.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that what Allah wishes them to say.
It only serves to show what sort of person a man must be who can't even get testimonials. No, no; if a man brings references, it proves nothing; but if he can't, it proves a great deal.
Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival.
Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
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