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The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers.
– Arab proverb
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Before words get past the lips, the first gatekeeper asks, “Is this true?” That stops a lot of traffic immediately. But if the words get past the first gatekeeper, there is a second who asks, “Is it kind?” And for those words that qualify here too, the last gatekeeper asks, “Is it necessary?

Eknath Easwaran

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Posted on August 2, 2010 with 65 notes
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