“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
“All those Zen Masters throwing young kids in the mud because they can’t answer their silly word questions.' 'That’s because they want them to realize mud is better than words, boy.” WordsZenZen BuddhismVerbality Book:The Dharma Bums Source: The Dharma Bums