“What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.”

“Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.”

“Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.”

“If you're asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom's temple.”

“Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.”

“Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.”

“In my quiet, I was working something out.”