“Silence is also quicker in fulfilling needs than speech. That is because what you are described by is repaid and removed, and without reality. Silence is your attribute. Speech is might, and might is an attribute of Allah. Silence is abasement, and abasement is your attribute. Speech is height, and silence is lowness. When two people meet - one speaking and one silent, the judgement goes to the silent one in every state.”
Sidi ‘Ali al-Jamal of Fez, “The Meaning of Man”