Mindful Expression Quotes

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

Because there can be consequences for saying the first thing that pops into our heads, it is prudent to exercise tact.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.

If you can't prove it in words, it ain't gospel. Soul music is just an expression of the mind, but your spirit has to be made alive - that's the real part, the part that God speaks to.

The big difference between a warrior and a victim is that the victim represses and the warrior refrains. Victims repress because they are afraid to show the emotions, afraid to say what they want to say. To refrain is not the same thing as repression. To refrain is to hold the emotions and to express them in the right moment, not before, not later. That is why warriors are impeccable.

If you are aware, you speak with awareness. But the awareness comes from the inward being. It flows from the inner being towards others.

Writing at least is a silent meditation even though you’re going a hundred miles an hour.

If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee; he that thinks he never can speak enough may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.

...slow down and self-edit and ask yourself the three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything: "Does this need to be said?" "Does this need to be said by me?" "Does this need to be said by me now?"

Be gentle with your words - you can't take them back.

I have seen these persons speak unthinkingly, not realizing that to speak is also to be. Word and gesture are man's thought. We should not speak without reason.

Take care with your words, Jacquetta, especially in cursing. Only say the things you mean, make sure you lay your curse on the right man. For be very sure that when you put such words out in the world they can overshoot-like an arrow, a curse can go beyond your target and harm another. A wise woman curses very sparingly.

I've learned to be more reserved, watch what I'm saying; I got in a little bit of trouble. People tell me 'Never lose that, never lose that,' but then I get in trouble so I have to lose it. I'm trying to keep a little bit; I'm never going to lose who I am, I just gotta tone it down a little bit.

Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech.

I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything I do not think.

Thought before word. Never word before thought.

Speak and live in simple sentences. Bring closure -- put a period to -- those experiences that you don't want to carry on forever and ever. Use commas in those places where you're still growing... and use exclamation points at the end of every lesson.

You should learn to say nothing that will cause you regret. You should not say what is not in your heart - or what is only in your heart for a moment. But you know this - silence is better.

The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.

I don't say anything unintentionally.

Nobody wants to have things blurted at them.

I was about to write that in the future I would chose my words more carefully but I'm sure I won't.

Thou weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath.