Inner silence is a portable reverence carried regardless of outer conditions

Evidence

Inner silence is that feeling of reverence for life. It is a feeling we can carry with us no matter where we go, a sacred silence that can remind us of the difference between right and wrong, even on a noisy city street. It resides at a soul level. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 150

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the book’s core distinction between inner and outer silence.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 150
• XREF: connects to: Natural quiet is a human necessity required to discover inner stillness — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1012; the MOC “The Loud Cost of Quiet — What We Protect and Sacrifice When We Choose Silence”

Broader Connections

• Natural quiet is a human necessity required to discover inner stillness #complicates (0.75) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1012