Words slip back the shutters from the windows of the inner life.
The reason for a great deal of unjust and unkind comment is to be found in
the proneness of man to condemn his brother most fiercely for that fault
which lies most deeply imbedded in his own life.
[A helpful word] will echo where you little know, and it will speak for
you when your lips of clay can speak no more.
When mind reaches its limit it often abdicates in favor of temper.
Argument exhausted, the stores of abuse are open.
Speak kindly of the friend who is away from you, for unkind speech has yet
to win its first victory for the speaker.
All keen observers of social and spiritual influences know that the
prophet is one of the most potent factors in the building of our destiny,
both as a nation and as a race.