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information; quiet and introspection

are signs of deep thought and higher

truth. Words are potentially dangerous

weapons that reveal things better left

unsaid. They hurt other people; they

can get their speaker into trouble. Consider,

for example, these proverbs from

the East:

The wind howls, but the mountain remains

still.

—JAPANESE PROVERB

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Those who know do not speak.

Those who speak do not know.

—LAO ZI, The Way of Lao Zi

Even though I make no special attempt

to observe the discipline of silence, living

alone automatically makes me refrain

from the sins of speech.

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