“Everyone breathes in air, but it's a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale in silence.”
“Monday is the day of silence, day of the whole white mung bean, which is sacred to the moon.”
“...this time I didn't launch into my usual tirade. Was it a memory of Krishna, the cool silence with which he countered disagreement, that stopped me? I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy.”
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