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Quotes of the Day for 24 April 2005 - Silence

William, Prince of Orange was born at Dillenburg, near Wiesbaden, Germany on this day in 1533. He led the Protestant revolt against Spanish Catholic rule over the Low Countries and is now regarded as the Father of the Netherlands. In his time he was knows as William the Silent, which I'll take as an excuse to use Silence as today's theme.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
     - Agnes de Mille, 1905 - 1993

Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living heart of the living earth.
     - Kahlil Gibran, 1883 - 1931

Silence is always part of great music. Silence is always part of great art. Silence is always part of great life.
     - Robert Fulghum

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.
     - Thomas De Quincey, 1785 - 1859

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
     - William Penn, 1621 - 1670

And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying all we did not know.
     - William Rose Benet, 1886 - 1950

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