“Words should be fitting, neither excessive nor lacking, so that speech may edify and not offend.”
— Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 – 1274)
Source: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, II–II, q. 72, a. 1, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province (New York: Benziger Brothers, 1947), 2:72.
Reflection: In my daily conversations, how can I discern when to speak with restraint and when to speak with fullness, so that my words build up rather than wound?