Do not shine with brilliance – shine with clarity.
Not with the ringing of phrases, but with the silence of thought.
For truth loves no adornments –
It arrives when the heart is silent.
Write not for the crowd, but for the soul,
Which, in reading, finds its rest.
Let the word be as pure
As the spring in which you recognize yourself.
A beautiful language is not that which seduces,
But that which heals without effort.
Do not seek applause – seek measure.
For he who adorns the truth, fears it.
On the Healing Language
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