We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.
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Be humble: have the courage to speak the truth.
People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
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we must speak carefully so that we and our listeners do not get stuck in words or concepts. It is our duty to transcend words and concepts to be able to encounter reality.
It takes courage to say what has to be said.
We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be judgmental, tactless, blaming or cruel when we speak our truths
The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
Any one may mouth out a passage with theatrical cadence or get upon stilts to tell his thoughts. But to write or speak with propriety and simplicity is a more difficult task.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
It is our emptiness and lowliness that God needs and not our plenitude. These are a few of the ways we can practice humility:
Speak as little as possible of oneself.
Mind one's own business.
Avoid curiosity.
Do not want to manage other people's affairs.
Accept contradiction and correction cheerfully.
Pass over the mistakes of others.
Accept blame when innocent.
Yield to the will of others.
Accept insults and injuries.
Accept being slighted, forgotten, and disliked.
Be kind and gentle even under provocation.
Do not seek to be specially loved and admired.
Never stand on one's dignity.
Yield in discussion even when one is right.
Choose always the hardest.
Be humble. For the world will force humbleness upon you.
To speak well is part of living well.
My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.
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