Quote of the Week, The Mind’s Instrument, by John Wycliffe, 14th Century

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“A truthful tongue is the mind’s instrument, and false speech is the devil’s own work.”

–John Wycliffe (c. 1330–1384)

Source: John Wycliffe, Select English Works of John Wyclif, ed. Thomas Arnold, vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1871), 58.


Reflection: Where might I be tempted to let convenience, fear, or self‑protection distort the truthfulness of my speech?

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