As gold and silver are weighed in pure water, so does the soul test its weight in silence, and the words that we let fall have no meaning apart from the silence that wraps them round.

Maurice Maeterlinck
As gold and silver are weighed in pure water, so...
As gold and silver are weighed in pure water, so...
As gold and silver are weighed in pure water, so...
As gold and silver are weighed in pure water, so...
About This Quote

This quote is about being in silence in order to find out what one’s soul is made of. This is the perfect place to be in life. If you are silent, you can listen to your soul. You can listen to your soul because you are not thinking about what everyone else thinks of you. If you are thinking about what everyone else thinks of you, then you are not listening to your soul.

Source: The Treasure Of The Humble

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