“Those who know are silent”

Posted on 28 September, 2012 by amartingarcia

Those who speak do not know, those who know are silent,
I heard this saying from the old gentleman.*
If the old gentleman was one who knew the way,
Why did he feel able to write five thousand words?

Bai Juyi

(* Lao Tse)

About amartingarcia

General surgeon (retired). Studied Western philosophy at U of Toronto. Afterwards interest turned to advaita vedanta and non-duality for past 20 yrs, plus a long interlude in Sufism coinciding with that period. Now contributing in ’Advaita Vision’ with regular posts and discussions.
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