沉默是金

each of us must have experienced at least once in our lifetime the marvelous feeling of relief that comes upon retreating to a quiet corner. We feel so free and uplifted that the miseries of daily life and the difficulties that assail us are instantly forgotten.
It is when we are in this state that literary thought spring to mind: that silence is a ray of sunshine whilst the word is mist; that silence is certainty where as the word is doubt, and that silence is gold and the word silver. Indeed, silence is not easily attained. It is like gold. Fake gold is common enough, but real gold can only be found by re-moving impurities and extracting it from the dross that contains it.

在短暂的一生中，我们每个人一定至少经历过一次独守幽静时那令人心动的时刻。我们感到如此的地无拘无束、天马行空，那一切困扰我们的苦痛顿时遗忘殆尽。
而正是此时，我们思如泉涌：沉默是一缕阳光，而言语则是一缕薄雾；沉默明白如话，而言语反令人困惑；沉默是金，言语是银。其实，沉默难以达成，犹如真金难求。赝品随处可见，而真金惟有淘尽黄沙、剔除杂质之后才能得到。