Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Just because you don't announce your plan doesn't mean you don't have one.
Next you'd see a raft sliding by, away off yonder, and maybe a galoot on it chopping. . . you'd see the ax flash and come down-you don't hear nothing; you see the ax go up again, and by the time it's above the man's head then you hear the k'chunk!-it had took all that time to come over the water.
Meditation is the action of silence.
Acorns are planted silently by some unnoticed breeze.
A man who knows a thing, who is aware of a given danger, and sees the possibility of a remedy with his own eyes, has the duty and obligation, by God, not to work 'silently,' but to stand up before the whole public against the evil and for its cure.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
If you're not that big pay-per-view star, shut up and fight.
If women want any rights they had better take them, and say nothing about it.
Keep my word' is such a strange expression. At first glance, it just means 'Be true to what you agreed on. But it could also mean, 'Hold your words back.' Keep them in. Let your actions speak instead.
A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.
Now I will do nothing but listen to accrue what I hear into this song. To let sounds contribute toward it. I hear the sound I love. The sound of the human voice. I hear all sounds running together.
You choose the life you want for yourself, and then you just shut up and go about it. That's how I've lived my life.
Though thou art far away, thy rays are on Earth; Though thou art in their faces, no one knows thy going.
Men argue. Nature acts.
Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.
In the chapter on study we considered the importance of observing ourselves to see how often our speech is a frantic attempt to explain and justify our actions. Having seen this in ourselves, let's experiment with doing deeds without any words of explanation whatever. We note our sense of fear that people will misunderstand why we have done what we have done. We seek to allow God to be our justifier.
You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.
