At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.

You open your heart knowing that there's a chance it may be broken one day, and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible.

Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion between supposed lovers, between supposed brothers.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.