“Words that do not edify are idle words; and of idle words we shall have to give account.”
—Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153)
Source: Bernard of Clairvaux, On Consideration, trans. George Lewis (London: Oxford University Press, 1908), II.13.
Reflection: How might this call to “give account” for our words reshape the way we speak in moments of frustration, haste, or influence?