Carolina QuotesSilence is an ocean. Speech is a river.When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk into the language-river. Listen to the ocean, and bring your talky business to an endTraditional words are just babbling in that presence, and babbling is a substitute for sight.
Coleman Barks Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"The Three Fish" Ch. 18: The Three Fish, p. 196 — Variant translations or adaptations: — Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation. — As quoted in Teachers of Wisdom (2010) by Igor Kononenko, p. 134 — Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation. — As quoted in "Rumi’s wisdom", paulocoelhoblog.com (2 October 2015), by Paulo Coelho
- form
- speech
- work
- The Essential Rumi (1995)
- year
- 1995
- locator
- p. 196
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“Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river.When the ocean is sea…” Coleman Barks. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-93FD1B7BF4. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/93fd1b7bf4
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