Right speech

Right speech (sammā vācā) is one of the eight limbs of the noble path taught by Buddhism: to say only what is true, useful, kind, and spoken at the right time. A statement exact but useless and hurtful, the Buddha refrained from uttering. This exercise trains you to weigh not only the truth of what you say, but its usefulness and its timing, and to prefer silence to a frankness that would only harm. Today it helps you speak with care in delicate moments, without betraying the truth.