“Taking time to live is taking time to appreciate simple silence as better than any kind of talk, or watching a flower, or watching a guy wash the windows on a skyscraper and wondering what he is thinking.” ThinkingKindGuySimpleSilenceWonderFlowerOne DayAppreciateWindowTake TimeSkyscraper Author:Douchan Gersi
“Two young salmon are swimming along one day. As they do, they are passed by a wiser, older fish coming the other way. The wiser fish greets the two as he passes, saying, "Morning boys, how's the water?" The other two continue to swim in silence for a little while, until the first one turns to the other and asks, "What the hell is water?"” WayFirstsLittlesTwoYoungTurnsAsksWaterSilenceBoysMorningHellOne DayFishesSwimSwimmingWiserSalmon Author:David Foster Wallace
“On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life's highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. "A Time to Break Silence," at Riverside Church” MenNeedsPlayWholeHandsChurchSilenceCompassionBreakJourneyProduceOne DayMen And WomenTransformedBeatenSuperficialCoinsHighwaysInitialsBeggarEdificeJerichoBreaking SilenceHaphazardRoadsideRestructuringSamaritansRiverside Book:In a Single Garment of Destiny Source: In a Single Garment of Destiny
“After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason.” LoveReasonMomentsMightLove IsSilenceOne DayPeculiarDisgustingCynical Love Author:Albert Camus
“Reality prior to my language exists as an unthinkable thought. . . . life precedes love, bodily matter precedes the body, and one day in its turn language shall have preceded possession of silence.” MatterBodyRealityTurnsLanguageSilenceOne DayPossessionThoughts On LifeUnthinkable Book:The Passion According to G.H. Source: The Passion According to G.H.