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"We first Americans mingle with our pride an exceptional humility. Spiritual arrogance is foreign to our nature and teaching. We never claimed that the power of articulate speech is proof of superiority over "dumb creation"; on the other hand, it us to us a perilous gift...We believe profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. He who can preserve his selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence - not a leaf, as it were, astir on a tree; not a ripple upon the shining pool - his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct in life...If you ask, "What is silence?" we will answer, "It is the Great Mystery. The holy silence is God's voice." ...If you ask, "What are the fruits of silence?" we will answer, "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character." Ohiyesa Sioux

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