Never rush an emotion; everything in life has a rhythm, it is the pauses and silences that speak the truth.

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait 'til the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light.

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Among other common lies, we have the silent lie - the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth. Many obstinate truth-mongers indulge in this dissipation, imagining that if they speak no lie, they lie not at all.