“Truth is so beloved by God that He would have us speak it even when it brings us harm; for falsehood is never pleasing to Him.”
–Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498)
Source: Girolamo Savonarola, Sermon on Psalm 51 (1496), in Prediche sopra il Salmo Quam bonus Israel Deus, ed. Piero Misciattelli (Florence: G. C. Sansoni, 1930), 112.
Reflection: Where in my own speech do I tend to soften truth for comfort, and what would faithful honesty look like instead?