Choosing life and not death, blessings and not curses often starts by choosing to remain silent or choosing carefully the words that open the way to healing.

选择生命而不是死亡，选择祝福而不是诅咒，通常是从另一种选择开始的，那就是选择沉默，或者是谨慎的选择能够引向和解的话。

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Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: "Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.

他所念的那段经，说，他像羊被牵到宰杀之地，又像羊羔在剪毛的人手下无声，他也是这样不开口。

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The SENTRY GUNS are silent, and the GATES are open to the forest.

哨戒炮沉默了，地狱之门向森林敞开。

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He said that thinking about this "silent groundswell" should open up minds to the "deepest secret of all - the trust that the entire universe is held together by the quiet, unfailing generosity of God".

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Israel, meanwhile, has remained notably silent about Egypt's decision last week to open the crossing between Gaza and Sinai at Rafah and its follow-up announcement on June 7th that the border would remain open indefinitely.

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When they were silent in the pause at a traffic light, her father touched the open shield of his palm to the back of her head, the unobtrusive caress he had offered when driving her to boarding school.

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