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The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the secret anniversaries of the heart

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment