Manly P Hall

We must learn the science of self-expression...if we cannot
say something useful, there is no need to become involved
in the conversation. If we cannot say something that inspires,
at least say nothing that destroys.

Let us try, therefore, to make everything that we say valuable.
Let us quietly turn away from a book that hurts us. Let us turn
off the radio program that helps build up a negative
disillusionment in ourselves.

Let us also turn away from groups of people who are dedicated 
to violence and discord and who have no constructive solution 
to problems.

... let us quietly face the problems of life, examine the values
in situations around us, and through the use of the best faculties
that we possess, quietly prepare a constructive strategy by
means of which we can live better every day.

There are things we have to listen to, but in quietude we can
weigh them. Also in quietude we try to establish a point of
contact with that part of ourselves that is able to see through
the circumstances to the rules and laws behind them.

We are not here to judge each other. We are here to help each
other grow. If we cannot do big things at the moment, we can
at least take our part away from the stream of pollution that is
destroying our integrity. If we will put this leadership upon
our own tongues we can do a great deal to make this a better
world for all of us.