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"Speech is silver, silence is golden" is a proverb extolling the value of silence over speech. Its modern form most likely originated in Arabic culture , where it was used as early as the 9th century.
Your Silence Will Not Protect You was published posthumously in order to bring together Lorde's essential poetry, speeches, and essays, into one volume for the first time. As Silver Press states, "Her extraordinary belief in the power of language – of speaking – to articulate selfhood, confront injustice and bring about change in the world ...
Robert Adams (January 21, 1928 – March 2, 1997) was an American Advaita teacher. In later life Adams held satsang with a small group of devotees in California, US. [1] He mainly advocated the path of jñāna yoga [note 1] with an emphasis on the practice of self-enquiry. [2]
Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom; Every cloud has a silver lining; Every dog has his day; Every Jack has his Jill; Every little bit helps; Every man for himself (and the Devil take the hindmost) Every man has his price; Every picture tells a story; Every stick has two ends; Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Florence Scovel was born in Camden, New Jersey, the daughter of Alden Cortlandt Scovel and Emily Hopkinson Scovel. [3] Her great-great-grandfather, [4] Francis Hopkinson, signed the Declaration of Independence and is the earliest-documented American composer of song. [5]
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking is a 2012 nonfiction book written by American author and speaker Susan Cain.Cain argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverted people, leading to "a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness."
A theme in Greek philosophy and literature is the wisdom of Silenus, which posits an antinatalist philosophy: You, most blessed and happiest among humans, may well consider those blessed and happiest who have departed this life before you, and thus you may consider it unlawful, indeed blasphemous, to speak anything ill or false of them, since ...
The Prajñāpāramitā (Perfection of Wisdom) Sutras taught that all entities, including dharmas, are empty of self, essential core, or intrinsic nature , being only conceptual existents or constructs. [37] [38] The notion of prajña (wisdom, knowledge) presented in these sutras is a deep non-conceptual understanding of emptiness. [39]