Speech is a way of tearing out a meaning from an undivided whole
M. Merleau-Ponty
Tag: silence
#135 – MacDonald on Doing stuff
Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible.
John d. MacDonald
#115 – Box on Talking
In Joe’s experience, the person who talked the most very often had the least to say.
CJ Box
#111 – Bukowski on Life
I didn’t make for an interesting person. I didn’t want to be interesting, it was too hard. What I really wanted was only a soft, hazy space to live in, and to be left alone.
Charles Bukowski
#62 – Dickinson
Saying Nothing sometimes says the most.
Emily Dickinson
#60 – Munthe on Solitude
A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts.
Alex Munthe
59 – Chamfort on Conversation
Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.
Nicolas Chamfort
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