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Debates conceal the truth more often than they reveal it. Real truth should be revealed in solitude. When it is revealed, it becomes clear to you that you can accept it without any arguments or discussions.
He has power who can keep silent in an argument, even though he is right.
You should abstain from arguments. They are very illogical ways to convince people. Opinions are like nails: the stronger you hit them, the deeper inside they go.
--Decimus Junius Juvenalis
If you live alone, think about your own sins; if you are in society, forget about the sins of others.
--Chinese Wisdom
The more urgently you want to speak, the more likely it is that you will say something foolish.
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--from A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts, by Leo Tolstoy, translated from the Russian by Peter Sekirin, Scribners, 1997
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Comments: 28
Thanks for sharing this!
I could not agree more!
I think the worst thing to do is to keep quiet. "All that need be for evil to flourish is for good men to be silent and do nothing". I like that quote a lot better. There are a lot of smarter and better people for leading and unfortunately some of them never speak up.
Andy, I agree. This quote came to mind:
"There's a time to keep silence and a time to speak....Wisdom lies in distinguishing one from the other." --Ecclesiastes
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Wise words.
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I need to learn this bit of wisdom.
(about being silent in an argument even when you KNOW you are right!)