At a monastery high in the mountains, the monks have a rigid vow of silence. Only at Christmas, and only by one monk, and only with one sentence, is the vow allowed to be broken.
One Christmas, Brother Ben is allowed to speak and he says, “I like the mashed potatoes we have with the Christmas turkey!” and he sits down. Silence ensues for 365 days.
The next Christmas, Brother David gets his turn, and he says, “I think the mashed potatoes are lumpy and I hate them!”
Once again, silence for 366 days (it’s leap year). The following Christmas, Brother Rod rises and says, “I am fed up with this constant bickering!”
Silence, healing. - Heraclitus
A yawn is a silent shout. - G K Chesterton
Great souls suffer in silence. - Friedrich Schiller
Your very silence shows you agree. - Euripides
Silence is more eloquent than words. - Thomas Carlyle
Speech is the small change of silence. - George Meredith
The silence is so deep it hurts our ears. - Haruki Murakami
A turkey never voted for an early Christmas. - Unknown
God is silent. Now if only man would shut up. - Woody Allen
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. - Leonardo da Vinci
Sometimes it's better to be silent and smile. - Unknown
Silence often gives impressions that words can not. - Unknown
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. - Gordon B. Hinckley
I get really grinchy right up until Christmas morning. - Dan Aykroyd
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me. - Blaise Pascal
By silence, I hear other men's imperfections and conceal my own. - Citium Zeno
To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion. - Ravi Zacharias
The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe. - Charlotte Lennox
A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook. - Francis James Grimke
There is a world of practical religion in simply being considerate of others. - Roger Babson
Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members. - William Temple
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. - Epictetus
If my Valentine you won't be,
I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree. - Ernest Hemingway
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
Silence is the perfectest herald of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much. - William Shakespeare
I definitely want my son Brooklyn christened, but I don't know into what religion yet. - David Beckham
You can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. - Chaim Potok
Later, he told his nephew that religion required careful thought, not reflexive acceptance. - Thomas Jefferson
Within us is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty, the eternal One. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Complaint always comes back in an echo from the ends of the world, but silence strengthens us. - G K Chesterton
There's a thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die: their silence. - Ben Hecht
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent. - Madeleine Albright
Like a great Eastern religion says, it's all about striking a balance between the ping and the pong. - Kelly
Might make a real good Christmas present for the uninformed. The book is called 'Taking America Back.' - Paul Harvey
The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence. - William A. Ward
Recognize that giveaway items serve as silent ambassadors, reinforcing your Expert Identity - choose them carefully! - Susan Friedmann
It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. - Mark Twain
The Muslim Prophet Mohammed was a big believer in charity and firmly established helping those in need as a basis of the religion. - Richard Engel
The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. - Edgar Allan Poe
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
A yawn is a silent shout. - G K Chesterton
Great souls suffer in silence. - Friedrich Schiller
Your very silence shows you agree. - Euripides
Silence is more eloquent than words. - Thomas Carlyle
Speech is the small change of silence. - George Meredith
The silence is so deep it hurts our ears. - Haruki Murakami
A turkey never voted for an early Christmas. - Unknown
God is silent. Now if only man would shut up. - Woody Allen
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. - Leonardo da Vinci
Sometimes it's better to be silent and smile. - Unknown
Silence often gives impressions that words can not. - Unknown
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. - Gordon B. Hinckley
I get really grinchy right up until Christmas morning. - Dan Aykroyd
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me. - Blaise Pascal
By silence, I hear other men's imperfections and conceal my own. - Citium Zeno
To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion. - Ravi Zacharias
The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe. - Charlotte Lennox
A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook. - Francis James Grimke
There is a world of practical religion in simply being considerate of others. - Roger Babson
Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members. - William Temple
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. - Epictetus
If my Valentine you won't be,
I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree. - Ernest Hemingway
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
Silence is the perfectest herald of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much. - William Shakespeare
I definitely want my son Brooklyn christened, but I don't know into what religion yet. - David Beckham
You can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. - Chaim Potok
Later, he told his nephew that religion required careful thought, not reflexive acceptance. - Thomas Jefferson
Within us is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty, the eternal One. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Complaint always comes back in an echo from the ends of the world, but silence strengthens us. - G K Chesterton
There's a thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die: their silence. - Ben Hecht
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent. - Madeleine Albright
Like a great Eastern religion says, it's all about striking a balance between the ping and the pong. - Kelly
Might make a real good Christmas present for the uninformed. The book is called 'Taking America Back.' - Paul Harvey
The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence. - William A. Ward
Recognize that giveaway items serve as silent ambassadors, reinforcing your Expert Identity - choose them carefully! - Susan Friedmann
It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. - Mark Twain
The Muslim Prophet Mohammed was a big believer in charity and firmly established helping those in need as a basis of the religion. - Richard Engel
The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. - Edgar Allan Poe
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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