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Stillness Is The Key (Audiobook) Ryan Holiday

Notus & Friends

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The Power of Silence

The song was first performed at Woodstock, New York by the pianist David Tudor. There's no such thing as silence, Cage said of that first performance. In shutting up, even if only for a short period, we can finally hear what the world has been trying to tell us or what we've been trying to telling ourselves. That quiet is so rare is a sign of its value, seize it, we cannot be afraid of silence as it has much to teach us. Seek it. The ticking of the hands on your watch is telling you how time is passing away to return. Listen to it.seek wisdom.

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