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
Representing Animals, Nigel Rothfels (Editor)
The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World, by HH The Dalai Lama, Howard Cutler M.D.
The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, Book 12), by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
IN FRENCH: 20,000 Lieues sous les mers, by Jules Verne
Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears, by Pema Chodron
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality, by HH The Dalai Lama
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski, book club book
Waking Up to What You Do: A Zen Practice for Meeting Every Situation, by Diane Eshin Rizzetto
Bringing Ararat, complete edition (Kindle edition), by Armand Inezian
The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, Volume II, translated by Garma C.C. Chang