Be Careful of Our Speaking

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” — Ambrose Bierce

“How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire.”—James

“A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.”—Proverbs of Solomon

We can know all these thoughts, and, yet, still we can say hurtful things.. 

The most important moment in your life can be the pause before answering someone. Or the pause between a thought and a response.

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