There is an instinct that emerges when we get quiet with people. We know who's close.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.
If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer.
Lots of people aren't comfortable with silences. They feel they've got to fill the dead air.
Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of the people that we know, or at least encounter regularly, are decent and friendly.
When I feel strongly about something, I'm not so quiet.
I've always been quiet, more of an observer.
All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment.
It's important to have quiet time and isolation.
People are never quiet. It's go, go, go. I'm a go-getter, but you need rest and silence, just to sit around and think about things.
When you're close to somebody, you can never really know how they're experiencing the world.