JOHNNY RAMIREZ's Blog – March 2010 Archive (2)

It does not require many words to speak the truth.

Chief Joseph

Nez Perce

Silence was meaningful with the lakota, and his granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regardful of the rule that "thought comes before speech."



And in the midst of sorrow, sickness, death or misfortune of any kind, and in the presence of the notable and great, silence was the mark of respect. More powerful than words was silence with the Lakota.



His strict obseverance of this tenet of good behavior was the reason, no doubt,… Continue