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He (Lincoln) was accustomed to hearing words, many of them boring, but he was not accustomed to group silence.

He (Lincoln) was accustomed to hearing words, many of them boring, but he was not accustomed to group silence.
– Elton Trueblood

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  1. Lincoln matured best in sorrow. – Elton Trueblood
  2. His (Lincoln’s) patriotism was saved from idolatry by the overwhelming sense of the sovereignty of God. – Elton Trueblood
  3. real silence is silence without words, silence that speaks words in silence and silence that talks better than words – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  4. real silence is silence without words, silence that speak words in silence and silence that talks better than words – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  5. Having a hearing is educational. Having a hearing with television cameras is useful. Having a hearing with two rows of television cameras is Heaven. – Tim Wirth
  6. It is the vocation of the Christian in every generation to out-think all opposition. – Elton Trueblood
  7. The Biblical language was so deeply embedded in the great man’s mind that it became his normal way of speaking. – Elton Trueblood
  8. Take all of this Book upon reason that you can, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. – Elton Trueblood
  9. Man is most free when he is most guided. – Elton Trueblood
  10. He was too perplexed to please the conventional and too reverent. to please the infidels. – Elton Trueblood
  11. Silence has its own language and in that silence he found words within himself; words for her, words for him and words for them. – Faraaz Kazi
  12. The surface of learning is hearing what your ears aren’t prepared to hear, and the core of learning is hearing what your ears don’t want to hear. – Criss Jami
  13. What’s more insane? Hearing imaginary voices? Or not hearing the real ones? – Forrest Carr
  14. The turning point for effective communication is actually hearing what is being said, rather than hearing what you want to hear instead. – Dannye Williamsen
  15. The power of words is in the works of words. People are much more bonded by the works of words than words. The work of words is the trigger of words. – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  16. A moderate silence ensued. A neutral-to-slightly-positive silence. True, silence is still silence, except when you think about it too much. – Haruki Murakami
  17. Silence is peace, silence is quiet, silence is calming, silence is what you can be. – Jessica Kissner
  18. Those who deny any group of people human rights are really denying the humanity of that group – and their own. – Christina Engela
  19. This is [her] soul group.’What do you mean?’It’s a group of souls with whom she resonates closely. – James Redfield
  20. a group of people who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done – Fred Allen
  21. Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group identity. – Clay Shirky
  22. Church, in the New Testament sense of the word, is not a meeting we attend, but a group of which we are a part, and a group we serve within. – Keri Wyatt Kent
  23. Church, in the New Testament sense of the word, is not a meeting we attend, but a group of which we are a part, and a group we serve within. – Keri Wyatt Kent
  24. The group of people in front of her was jovial and paid her no attention. The group behind was much the same. She was alone without being alone. – Andr Alexis
  25. No one could leave the group by his or her own volition and put the group at risk of having its secrets revealed. – Judith Spencer
  26. Lincoln was a master of small group theatrics. – Richard Brookhiser
  27. What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln’s maxim and philosophy] – Abraham Lincoln
  28. The boring parts don’t last forever. In retrospect, they aren’t even boring. – Ada Calhoun
  29. A wise man once said that the opposite of being alive is being boring, so for God’s sake, don’t be boring ! – Cameron Jace
  30. There are no boring jobs, only boring men. – Amit Kalantri
  31. Silence can answer the question words may fail to answer. If you want to know what silence can do, keep silence! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  32. Words can create, words give life, words can build, words can destroy. Words can bring something out of nothing. What are you saying? – Mopelola Adeniyi
  33. silence can be words but words cannot be silence – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  34. I am sorry, I was wrong and it’s my fault, these are words only accustomed to humble leadership – Lazarus Takawira
  35. It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust one’s hearing to it…..The silence seemed to be trying to tell him something about itself. – Haruki Murakami
  36. Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music. – Marcel Marceau
  37. The Best Music you can ever hear in your Life is Silence — silence of yourself, silence of your loved ones – Vinay Kumar
  38. Silence upon silence, with a heaping pile of extra silence. – MA George
  39. First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak. – Henri JM Nouwen
  40. I heard silence, silence infinite as the bottom of the ocean, a silence that sealed. – Anne Spollen

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