Silence is Golden

"Silence reveals itself in a thousand inexpressible forms: in the quiet of dawn, in the noiseless aspiration of trees towards the sky, in the stealthy descent of night, in the silent changing of the seasons, in the falling moonlight, trickling down into the night like a rain of silence, but above all in the silence of the inward soul."
Max Picard

Necessary Solitude

"Often we can help each other most

by leaving each other alone;

at other times we need the hand-grasp

and the word of cheer."

-Elbert Hubbard

American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915