“For it is not the deed itself, but the intention of the doer, that makes the sin.”
—Peter Abelard (1079 -1142)
Source: Peter Abelard, Ethics (Scito te ipsum), trans. D. E. Luscombe (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971), 6.
Reflection: How might examining my intentions before I speak help me communicate with greater integrity, charity, or clarity?