#remaining

in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#knowledge #remaining-silent #wisdom #men

Speak only if it improves upon the silence. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#improvement

Feverishly we cleared away the remaining last scraps of rubbish on the floor of the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us. ↗

— Howard Carter

#before #clean #cleared #doorway #floor

We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and plant species living there. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#clear #earth #forests #living #most

It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. ↗

— Maurice Switzer

#remaining-silent #wisdom #wisdom

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#bad #being #bird #cannot #decent

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#being #courage #god #him #just

In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#case #discussed #excessively #hundred #ninety-nine

Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#silence #sisters

You know about fixing cars, you're athletic, and you know when to shut up." "That last one isn't a skill." "Honey, trust me. It's a skill. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#rules-of-attraction #skills #tuck #rules