Yes indeed.
He died when I was a senior in college, but I spent a great deal of time with him in his last years. It was beautiful to watch him take part in political debates within our family. He would mostly be silent, then when everyone seemed a little in need of a wise word, he would say a little. It didn't take many words.
;-)
That is my brother as well. A man of few words but a wonderful listener. Never shoots from the hip and at times, in my younger years, it drove me crazy. Now I get it.