I once traveled with a guide who was taking me to Faya. He didn't speak for nine hours. At the end of it he pointed to the horizon and said, 'Faya! ' That was a good day.

Michael Ondaatje
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  1. Silence is the mother of truth. - Benjamin Disraeli

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  3. Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. - Napoleon Hill

  4. In not only the physical science, but in the real mental silence, the wisdom dawns. (75) - Swami Satchidananda

  5. The more silent is my mind, The more it speaks; Wisdom is a light divine, And its shadow a mystique! - Neelam Saxena Chandra

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