You can be a silent witness, which means silence itself can become a way of communication. There is so much in silence. There is an archeology of silence. There is a geography of silence. There is a theology of silence. There is a history of silence. Silence is universal and you can work within it, within its own parameters and its own context, and make that silence into a testimony. Job was silent after he lost his children and everything, his fortune and his health. Job, for seven days and seven nights he was silent, and his three friends who came to visit him were also silent. That must have been a powerful silence, a brilliant silence. -Eli Wiesel
"The wise person does not speak before those that are greater in wisdom;
And does not break into their fellow's speech.
And is not in a rush to reply.
And asks what is relevant and replies to the point.
And speaks of first things first and of last things last.
Of what has not been heard they say, "I have not heard,"
And they acknowledges what is true.
And the opposites apply to the clod." -Pirkei Avot 5:9
"Even fools, if they keep silent, are deemed wise." -King Solomon
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