“To hear, one must be silent.”
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”
“Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness--that means cynically and with innocence.”
“Even in the Eternal City, says the silent Augusteum, one must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.”
“Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.”
“Must one first batter their ears, that they may learn to hear with their eyes? Must one clatter like kettledrums and penitential preachers? Or do they only believe the stammerer?”