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Dwight Currie, How We Behave At the Feast
The next time that you find yourself dining on someone's reputation, snacking on someone's feelings, or enjoying a steady diet of nothing except stories about yourself, remember you are talking with your mouth full.
Stop, close your mouth, and listen. It's the other person's turn.
It's the other person's turn
Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano, Longing for Certainty
Taming our speech is just part of our task, but we should not neglect it; for here is an essential means of restraining the bad and promoting the good. . . . Good effects accumulate and make for spiritual progress.
Taming our speech is part of our task
The Buddha , Buddhist Wisdom: Daily Reflections
Speak gently to everyone and they will respond accordingly. Harsh words hurt, and you will get them thrown back in your face.
Speak gently to everyone
Maggie Ross, The Fire of Your Life
Give me a word. Give me a word of healing, give me a word of life; give me a word of resurrection. How often, in response, do we speak a resurrecting word? How often a word condemnation?
How often do we speak a resurrecting word
Donna Schaper, Sacred Speech
Sacred speech is multidimensional and lives intentionally in a multidimensional world. .; . . Sacred speech assumes a third partner, the Spirit, who carries on wings what we utter in voice.
Sacred speech assumes a third partner
Jelaluddin Rumi, Signs of the Unseen
If you speak well of another, the good will return to you. The good and praise you speak of another you will speak in reality of yourself. A parallel would be when someone plants a garden and herb garden around his house. Every time he looks out he sees flowers and herbs. If you accustom yourself to speak well of others, you are always in a "paradise."
If you speak well of another, good will return to you
Edward Hays, Psalms for Zero Gravity
Take your tongue between your thumb and index finger and close your eyes for a moment. Releasing your tongue and opening your eyes, exclaim, "Dance and leap, lame tongue, to the delight of your Maker."
Dance and leap, lame tongue
Rochelle Melander, A Generous Presence
One of my coaching instructors addressed the challenge of complaining. She said, "I allow every client a five-minute ride on my BMW."
"And that means?" queried a student.
"It means that the client can bitch, moan, and whine for five minutes. Then they need to stop complaining and start solving."
Addressing the challenge of complaining
Yitzhak Buxbaum, The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov
The Baal Shem Tov instructed even simple Jews to speak well of one another — praising other people, complimenting them, excusing other people's faults, and so on — because doing so sweetened the heavenly judgments.
Speak well of one another
Geri Larkin, Tap Dancing in Zen
Words matter. They need to be kind and clear, straightforward and gentle. The Metta Sutra reminds us of this. Gentle speech is more than just the absence of anger. It is also about telling the truth, and refraining from spreading rumors, or making fund of someone else, or even meaningless chatter, one of my all-time favorite pastimes! These are all forms of speech that can harm us, that can knock us off our spiritual path.
Words matter