Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
- Diogenes of Babylon
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. - R.W. Emerson
One of the great benefits of writing down the events in your life is that you will begin to see your existence as a grand story.
In Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, the profoundly human (i.e., imperfect) teacher, Hector, reminds his students that “The best moments in reading are when you come across something—a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things—that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, may... See more
