Silence gives to things inside it something of the power of its own autonomous being.

"Silence gives to things inside it something of the power of its own autonomous being.  The autonomous being in things is strengthened in silence.  That which is developable and exploitable in things vanishes when they are in silence.  The mark of the Divine in things is preserved by their connection with the world of silence."

Max Picard, "The World of Silence"

Photo: 5000 year-old Bristlecone Pine trunk, and a cone; Great Basin National Park, NV; July 30, 2012