“Let your language be restrained, your laughter moderate, your speech thoughtful.”
—Bernard of Clairvaux, (1090–1153)
Source: Bernard of Clairvaux, On Consideration, trans. George Lewis (London: Oxford University Press, 1908), 71.
Reflection: Where in my academic life—teaching, writing, or conversation—do I most need to cultivate “thoughtful speech” rather than reactive or self‑protective words?