One little person giving all of her time to peace makes news. Many people giving some of their time to peace can make history.
~ from PEACE PILGRIM thanks to Pat Bennett
Sometimes there would be a rush of noisy visitors and the Silence of the monastery would be shattered. This would upset the monks; not the master, however, who seemed just as content with the noise as with the Silence. To those protesting he said one day:
"Silence is not the absence of sound,
but the absence of self."