Withdraw yourself for times
Of listening to silence
Withdraw yourself for times
Of sweet solitude
And come to avoid the sounds
Of men constantly speaking
And the word of heavenly wisdom
Will come to you
No man safely speaks
But he who first listens
No man can rejoice
If he hasn’t learned to cry
No man can safely give sight
To the blinded
Unless this man first
Knows the Eternal Light
This is the wisdom
Of listening to silence
This is the wisdom
Of the sweet solitude
These are the paradoxes
Of His loving
When the Word of the Lord
Comes in silence to you
No man safely receives
His just consolation
Unless this man first knows
What it is to be poor
And when your heart is consoled
Just in giving
You’ll come to discover
You’ve found the most precious reward
This is the wisdom
Of listening to silence
This is the wisdom
Of the sweet solitude
These are the paradoxes
Of His loving
When the Word of the Lord
Comes in silence to you
When the Word of the Lord
Comes in silence to you
When the Word of the Lord
Comes in silence to you
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