"Through silence only the good messages go unheard."

-- Brian Patten

#Silence Quotes #Messages Quotes #Unheard Quotes

“There is a word, in a verb, something sacred which forbids us from using it recklessly.Â To handle a language cunningly is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.”
“I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there.”
“People often ... have no idea how fair the flower is to the touch, nor do they appreciate its fragrance, which is the soul of the flower.”
“Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.”
“Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women.”
“Pride, ill nature, and want of sense are the three great sources of ill manners; without some one of these defects, no man will behave himself ill for want of experience, or what, in the language of fools, is called knowing the world.”
“We honor life when we work. The type of work is not important: the fact of work is. All work feeds the soul if it is honest and done to the best of our abilities and if it brings joy to others.”
“Pride does not listen. It knows.”

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