“Kindly speech may not be reciprocated but will allow your own mind to be at peace.” Downward Dog

 "Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests."

••Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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“Speak not harshly to anyone, for those thus spoken to might retort. Indeed, angry speech hurts, and retaliation may overtake you.”

Lama Dharma DingDong
(Discoursing the Dhammapada)