I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage. My hesitancy in speech, which was once an annoyance, is now a pleasure. Its greatest benefit has been that it has taught me the economy of words. I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. And I can now give myself the certificate that a thoughtless word hardly ever escapes my tongue or pen. I do not recollect ever having had to regret anything in my speech or writing. I have thus been spared many a mishap and waste of time. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. Proneness to exaggerate, to suppress or modify the truth, wittingly or unwittingly, is a natural weakness of man, and silence is necessary in order to surmount it. A man of few words will rarely be thoughtless in his speech; he will measure every word. We find so many people impatient to talk. There is no chairman of a meeting who is not pestered with notes for permission to speak. And whenever the permission is given the speaker generally exceeds the time-limit, asks for more time, and keeps on talking without permission. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.
Mahatma GandhiTags: coherency thoughtfulness thoughtlessness
The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most.
John RuskinTags: purity color thoughtfulness minds
We don't have to be defined by the things we did or didn't do in our past. Some people allow themselves to be controlled by regret. Maybe it's a regret, maybe it's not. It's merely something that happened. Get over it.
Pittacus LoreTags: past inspirational-life regret humor-inspirational thoughtfulness
Oh, hon, it's the little courtesies that make life bearable, I find, wouldn't you agree?
Andrew AshlingTags: politeness courtesy thoughtfulness
Because people are more than emotions. People have thoughts and reasons for doing things.
Veronica RossiTags: emotions thoughtfulness
We're merely one tree with various types, shapes and sizes of leaves that all wave differently in the breeze
Rasheed OgunlaruTags: kindness compassion liberation trees mindfulness awareness illumination thoughtfulness understanding-oneself-and-others inspiring-quotes rasheed-ogunlaru co-operation quotes-about-life
she counted out five sweets and put them on a saucer. Then she went and put them on the ledge in the cliff to cheer him up.
Tove JanssonTags: thoughtfulness the-everyday
There is no greater evil than men's failure to consult and to consider.
SophoclesTags: character pride consideration thoughtfulness
I've no interest in being thought provoking. Who needs more thoughts. I'd rather go down as one who is thought disposing.
Rasheed OgunlaruTags: thought-provoking mindfulness thoughts thoughtfulness inspiring-quotes rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes
Good manners are not merely snobbish ornaments, as Mrs. Lippett's regime appeared to believe. They mean self-discipline and thought for others, and my children have got to learn them.
Jean WebsterTags: manners thoughtfulness self-discipline
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