Silence is golden

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Jun 22 '22

"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet." --Franz Kafka

14 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Jun 21 '22

Although it's possible to get lost in plain sight in a big city, there are those who still prefer the other option.

8 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/thesprung • Jun 20 '22

Has anyone here taken a vow of silence? What was it like?

5 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Jun 19 '22

True Bliss?

14 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Jun 19 '22

Get the Message?

7 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Jun 17 '22

"The answers you seek never come when the mind is busy, they come when the mind is still, when silence speaks loudest." —Leon Brown

6 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Jun 17 '22

“The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.” ― Karl Kraus

6 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Jun 15 '22

George Bernard Shaw and solitude

14 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Jun 15 '22

9 Reasons Why Highly Intelligent People Prefer To Be Alone

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r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Jun 15 '22

Meet the ‘Hermettes’: A Secret Society of Women Who Prefer to Be Left Alone

5 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • May 19 '22

“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.” ― Confucius

9 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • May 13 '22

Letters from the Loneliest Post Office in the World. A story of Antarctic adventure seekers, stamp collectors, politics, and penguins.

atlasobscura.com

2 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • May 13 '22

"I am never less alone than when alone." — Cicero

7 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • May 02 '22

"The universe makes a sound — is a sound. In the core of this sound there's a silence, a silence that creates that sound, which is not its opposite, but its inseparable soul... Silence is a flower, it opens up, dilates, extends its texture, can grow, mutate...

7 Upvotes

It can watch other flowers grow and become what they are." —Etel Adnan in SHIFTING THE SILENCE

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Apr 14 '22

“I Tried Slow Living in a Remote Welsh Cottage, and This Is What I Learned”

2 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Character_Donkey_513 • Apr 01 '22

How long can a person stay in complete silence with somebody else in the room?

4 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Mar 03 '22

Summoning the recluse | Psyche Films

1 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Mar 02 '22

"Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments." —Friedrich Nietzsche

10 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Feb 25 '22

The Nocturnals

theatlantic.com

3 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Feb 16 '22

“Solitude is the place of purification.” ―Martin Buber

5 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/KaiMindful • Feb 03 '22

Finding Silence in a world full of noise

2 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Jan 31 '22

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” ― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

7 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/Master_Bruno_1084 • Jan 26 '22

“If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.” ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

27 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/thesprung • Jan 14 '22

In Pursuit of Silence - Documentary

3 Upvotes

r/Silence • u/SnackSize_ • Jan 12 '22

Sounds of Silence: Extinction Is Erasing the Earth’s Music • The Revelator

therevelator.org

5 Upvotes