Speak honestly or else be silent

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Vain, boastful talk repels acts of

kindness and tears the branch of

mercy from the trunk of the tree.

Speak honestly or else be silent,

and then behold grace and delight

in it.

 

- Rumi

 

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Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski

" Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance "

Threshold Books, 1996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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