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Mother Teresa , The Joy in Loving
The quickest and the surest way towards thoughtfulness is the tongue — use it for the good of others. If you think well of others, you will also speak well of others. Violence of the tongue is very real —l sharper than any knife, wounding and creating bitterness that only the grace of God can heal.
Quickest and the surest way towards thoughtfulness
Dennis Merritt Jones, The Art of Being
Invite God's presence into your conversations. See the presence of God in the eyes of the person with whom you are communicating and feel that presence at the center of your own being.
Invite God into your conversations
Sunzi , Keys to Living Well
Giving others beneficial words is more precious than pearls and jade; harming others with negative words is worse than being cut down by a sword.
Giving others beneficial words is more precious
Lucille Harper, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection
One nice thing about egoists: they don't talk about other people.
The nice thing about egoists
George Fox, Plain Living
Be swift to hear,
and slow to speak,
and let it be in the grace,
which seasons all words.
Be swift to hear and slow to speak
Lao Tzu , The World's Wisdom
The highest truth cannot be put into words.
Therefore the greatest teacher has nothing to say.
He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.
The highest truth cannot be put in words
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
To me, if you live deeply the teaching of Jesus, everything you say and do in your daily life will be deeply spiritual.
If you live deeply the teaching of Jesus
Joseph M. Marshall III, Keep Going
Old Hawk lapsed into another period of silence, but a longer silence than before. Jeremy, however, was familiar with this habit. All the elders had a way of using silence to speak for them. And the young man did what was expected of him: He waited.
All the elders had a way of using silence to speak for them.
Proverbs (16:1) , Your Sixth Sense
The preparation of the heart is the work of humankind;
But the gift of speech comes from the Lord.
The preparation of the heart
The Dhammapada
An Excerpt from The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha by Thomas Byrom
Thomas Byrom's renderings of the sayings of the Buddha present the way of the heart as a path to travel. Here's an excerpt on the spiritual practice of peace.
"Better than a thousand hollow words
Is one word that brings peace.
"Better than a thousand hollow verses
Is one verse that brings peace.
"Better than a hundred hollow lines
Is one line of the law, bringing peace.
"It is better to conquer yourself
Than to win a thousand battles.
"Then the victory is yours."
A rendering of the Buddha's words about the spiritual practice of peace.