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When I wanted to send the groups ashore, those who were to land knew it automatically without my having to say a word, and they came up in turn. Everything went on in silence, there was no need to speak to make oneself understood; but the silence itself on board the ship did not give that impression of artificiality it does here. Here, when one wants silence, one must stop talking; silence is the opposite of sound. There the silence was vibrant, living, active and comprehensive, comprehensible. (The Mother, 19 February 1958) <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/09/19-february-1958#p32</ref>

Silence... Oh! It is better to practise it than to talk about it. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/10/aphorism-111-112#p4</ref>