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Sound of Silence
The Wise Man believes profoundly
in silence -the sign of a perfect
equilibrium.
Silence is the absolute poise or
balance of body, mind and spirit.
The man who preserves his
selfhood ever calm and unshaken
by the storms of existence - not a
leaf, as it were, astire on the tree,
not a ripple upon the surface of
the shining pool - his, in the mind
of the unlettered sage, is the ideal
attitude and conduct of life.

Silence is the cornerstone
of character.

~Ohiyesa, Santee Sioux
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