In the days before airplanes, two of the greatest minds of the time made the long voyage from the United States to Europe.
In the days when there were no airplanes, two men who were then known as the most knowledgeable took a boat from the United States to Europe.
It was the first time the two had met in one place, and they were accompanied by newspaper reporters.
It was the first time the two had met, so they also attracted a lot of journalists.
On the first day of the trip, the two met in a restaurant.
On the first day of the trip, two people met in the cafeteria,
Journalists wondered what they were talking about.
The reporters were curious to see what the two men would say.
For a long time, however, they ate together, smoked, and drank together, but they rarely talked.
But the two men just ate, smoked, and drank, and did not speak.
The couple, who parted ways late into the night, told reporters that it was a really fruitful time and that they learned a lot about each other.
When it was time to separate in the evening, this was the only time for the reporter to ask questions, and the two men told the reporter that although the two of them had limited time together, they had enough time to know each other.
When asked by reporters how they could have said that when they didn't talk much to each other, they replied, "We talked in silence."
The reporters were very curious, how could two people get to know each other when they didn't speak? "We know each other through silence."
Pascal once defined words as a tool to hide our thoughts.
Pascal once defined language as a tool to hide one's thoughts.
Not all of the words we use are like that, but there are many times when I think Pascal was right.
While in many cases language is meant to communicate, there are many cases as Pascal defines it.
If that's the case, you'd better listen to the message of silence instead of words.
Rather than lie, sometimes it's better to be silent.
Emerson and Carlyle apparently knew how to listen to the message of silence.
These two men were Emerson and Carlyle.
Can Tang San communicate through silence?
Will you communicate through silence?
Those who don't understand your silence won't understand your words.
If the other person doesn't understand your silence, then he won't understand what you're saying.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your wors.--Elber Hubbard
书名《Maximus' How to Live Pleasantly as a Human on Earth》