“To sit in solitude, to think in solitude with only the music of the stream and the cedar to break the flow of silence, there lies the value of wilderness.” ThinkingLyingValuesSilenceBreakSolitudeFlowStreamsWildernessCedars Author:John Muir
“A gift--its kind, its value and appearance; the silence or the pomp that attends it; the style in which it reaches you--may decide the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.” KindMayValuesSilenceStyleDignityAppearanceGiverVulgarity Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.” ValuesSilenceSpeech Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“America is a noisy culture, unlike, say, Finland, which values silence. Individualism, dominant in the U.S. and Germany, promotes the direct, fast-paced style of communication associated with extraversion. Collectivistic societies, such as those in East Asia, value privacy and restraint, qualities more characteristic of introverts.” AmericaValuesCultureSilenceQualityStyleCommunicationDirectEastCharacteristicsGermanyPrivacyIndividualismDominantIntrovertRestraintAsiaFast PacedNoisyFinlandEast Asia Author:Laurie Helgoe