683 (SILENCE) • Keeping silence knowingly is above all philosophy! • Less talk means less sin. • Silence is golden… • Silence is the atmosphere of the noetic prayer (Jesus Prayer). • Silence is the art of helping you to circumvent all adversities/difficulties. • Silence is the means of bringing you back to your way, to your “continuity” (see P.A. 681). • Silence is the language which introduces you to the age to come…(eternity)