“Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrusts himself.” - Francoise de la Rouchfoucauld

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

8 January

Sometimes life demands silence. Like, something happens that you just don’t understand – maybe can’t understand. Then even listening, say, to an etheral Beethoven string quartet that normally would transport you into a state of mystical serenity is a kind of violation, like an invigorating game of squash at a funeral service. Sometimes you are called to remove the sandals from your feet, for you stand on sacred ground…