“Words are as the wings of actions, and therefore ought to be spoken with care, lest they carry things further than we intend.”
–Richard Hooker (1554–1600)
Source: Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, Book V (London: John Windet, 1597), 68.
Reflection: Where in my teaching, preaching, or daily conversations do my words tend to “carry things further than I intend,” and how might greater care strengthen my witness?