Sometimes we speak clumsily and create internal knots in others. Then we say, "I was just telling the truth." It may be the truth, but if our way of speaking causes unnecessary suffering, it is not Right Speech. The truth must be presented in ways that others can accept.
"The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching," by Thich Nhat Hanh
Daughter of Elysium, by Joan Slonczewski
IN FRENCH: Les Misérables Tome V, by Victor Hugo
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching, by Thich Nhat Hanh
IN FRENCH: Les Misérables Tome III, by Victor Hugo
The Dark Elf Trilogy, Collector's Edition (Homeland, Exile, Sojourn), by R. A. Salvatore
The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory (Kindle Edition)
Writing Cheerfully On The Web: A Quaker Blog Reader, Edited by Liz Oppenheim
A Door Into Ocean (Elysium Cycle), by Joan Slonczewski
IN FRENCH: Les Misérables Tome IV, by Victor Hugo