“Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don’t walk to the language-river. Listen to the ocean, and bring your talky business to an end. Traditional words are just babbling in that presence, and babbling is a substitute for sight. When you sit down beside your beloved, send the chaperones away, the old women who brought you together.” LoveLanguageSilenceVerbality Book:The Essential Rumi Source: The Essential Rumi
“Bring tribute from the village." But the village is gone in your flood. "That cleared site is what I want. Live in the opening where there is no door to hide behind. Be pure absence. In that state everything is essential." The rest of this must be said in silence because of the enormous difference between light and words that try to say light.” WisdomSilenceAbsenceEmptiness Book:The Essential Rumi Source: The Essential Rumi