And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said 'The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls And whispered in the sound of silence'

'Fools,' said I, 'you do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you' But my words like silen…

A winter's day In a deep and dark December I am alone.

And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices n…

Here profits not To tell the whole truth with clear face unveiled. Often is man's best wisdom to be silent.

He who takes not counsel of the Unseen and Silent, from him will never come real visibility and speech.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.