Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Samuel Miller Hageman

American Artist, Churchman and Poet

"Earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God."

"To be alone with Silence is to be alone with God."

"Thought is speech."

"Wisdom ripens into Silence as she grows more truly wise, and she wears a mellow sadness in her heart and in her eyes; wisdom ripens into Silence, and the lesson she doth teach is that life is more than language, and that thought is more than speech."