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“Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for an answer. A pause giving time for thought was the truly courteous way of beginning and conducting a conversation. Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence to the speech-maker and his own moment of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regard for the rule that, "thought comes before speech."”

“Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.”

Understanding Practice Speech Intellectual Following Cease

Author:Dogen

“Silence is the only language of the realized. Practice moderation in speech.”

Language Silence Practice Speech Moderation Silence Is

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian.”

Writing Wells Enough Language Wish Practice Speech Tough Letters Constant Complexes Crayon

Author:David Remnick

“Religious expression must at least be afforded an equal playing field. Currently, the playing field is not level. Religious expression and practices are treated as second class forms of speech and singled out for discrimination.”

Christian Form Religious Levels Class Practice Fields Expression Equal Speech Discrimination Treated Playing Fields

Author:Mathew Staver

“Nowhere have the forces of intolerance been displayed less tolerantly than in the area of religious speech and practice.”

Christian Force Religious Practice Speech Areas Intolerance

Book:The things that matter most

Source: The things that matter most

“The practice of Zen is to eat, breathe, cook, carry water, and scrub the toilet — to infuse every act of body, speech, and mind — with mindfulness, to illuminate every leaf and pebble, every heap of garbage, every path that leads to our mind's return home.”

Mind Home Body Water Practice Path Return Speech Mindfulness Eating Breathe Cooks Leafs Garbage Toilets Pebbles

Book:Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966

Source: Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966

“Sometimes you have a flash of insight, but it's not strong enough to survive. Therefore in the practice of Buddhism, samadhi is the power to maintain insight alive in every moment, so that every speech, every word, every act will bear the nature of that insight. It is a question of cleaning. And you clean better if you are surrounded by those who are practicing exactly the same.”

Ifs Sometimes Enough Moments Strong Practice Alive Buddhism Bears Speech Clean Insight Flash Cleaning Strong Enough Samadhi Not Strong Not Strong Enough

Author:Nhat Hanh

“The idea that war should be conducted within a moral framework may seem like a quaint medieval practice, but as speech separates humans from the apes, so morality separates civilisation from the barbarians.”

Should Humans May Ideas War Seems Moral Practice Morality Speech Framework Medieval Apes Civilisation Barbarians Quaint

Author:Eric Corley

“The prohibition of L'shon Hara is the Jewish equivalent of the Buddhist practice of Right Speech.”

Practice Speech Buddhist Prohibition

Author:Sylvia Boorstein