Our being is silent, but our existence is noisy. Our actions tend to be noisy, but when they stop, there is a ground of silence which is always there. ...Silence is greatly symbolic in our time.
Merton. Thomas. The Springs of Contemplation: A Retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Notre Dame, Indiana: Ave Maria Press, 1992), 18
Silence coupled with solitude is good for the thinking process. I have a quiet place over on Eagle Creek that I enjoy just going there to sit on a big
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Sarge
Excellent, Sarge. Too few learn this need for solitude.
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