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When somewhat at a distance, I cannot hear the high tones of instruments, voices. In speaking, it is not surprising that there are people who have never noticed it, for as a rule I am absent-minded, and they account for it in that way.

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend.

I would say that we are living in an age that is increasingly spiritually blind and morally deaf. The man who does not shout is not going to be heard.

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

Unless you've been touched personally, it's difficult to see, but there are millions of people who have no voice whatsoever.

Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad.

We can hear the silent voice of the spiritual universe within our own hearts.

I hadn't really noticed that I had a hearing problem. I just thought most people had given up on speaking clearly.

The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness.