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This silence which enwraps him does so only where his spiritual life is concerned. It is not quite the pride of feeling inner greatness nor a way of protecting that life against sneering laughter or inquisitive intruders. It is the sense of a holiness around it, the attitude of reverence for it.

-- Notebooks Category 20: What Is Philosophy? > Chapter 5 : The Philosopher > # 154