Status Updates From The Power of Silence: The R...

silence as a ‘foretaste of death’

“One of the laws of the spiritual life is that what you cover up has the power to damage you profoundly.”

At this page, the author is writing letters to apologize.

“It is sin which makes men not want to be alone in silence.”

“If a man’s relationship with God is weak, he feels lonely.”

“My prison ended when I came to prison, because I was in a worse prison outside.”

“As I have found, the hardest person to forgive is one’s self.”

Okay, it’s not as boring now if we’re looking from the perspective of gaining many different perspectives.

“Language is part of the ego.”

An interesting theory to examine: everything originated from silence.

“When you go to the depth of anything, even evil, there you will meet God. If you stay on the superficial level, you merely use God.”

This book is getting repetitive explaining the uses of silence in the arts. Yes, silence heightens the tensions of the audience. Yes, silence lets the audience have a moment to digest.

The deeper insights are missing from this book.

Wittgenstein: body is the best image of the soul.

“There is no timetable to the human heart.”