17 February 2006

Improve the silence

Jerry Michalski recently shared a concept with me, which he learned from Quaker meeting:

"Speak only if it will improve upon the silence."

Keep in touch! Sign up to get updates and occasional emails from me.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

In French, there is something that goes like this "C'est pas parcequ'on a rien a dire que l'on doit fermer sa gueule". Meaning: "it's not because you have nothing to say that you should shut up". I love the french :)

  said...

Having attended a Quaker wedding, I have to say the suspense really gets to you, too. Eventually I said something, and you’re right: I had to make sure it was good, because it would have been pointless to even get up otherwise.

Anonymous said...

.

Bill Keaggy said...

I've always liked that saying. But maybe it's because I'm not good at talking. ;-)