“The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the secret anniversaries of the heart”

“In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”

“The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed”

“What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes”

“A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. ”

“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment”