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

“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.”

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

“Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.”

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

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