March 23

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips. — Ps 141:3

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the daylight of life…. Nay, in thy own mean perplexities, do thou thyself but hold thy tongue for one day; on the morrow how much clearer are thy purposes and duties!
— Thomas Carlyle.

Deliberate much before you say and do anything; for it will not be in your power to recall what is said or done.
— Epictetus.

Prayer

My Lord, make me a lover of the truth. Make me careful of my thoughts, and the words I would speak, that I may not think selfishly and speak cruelly, but keep myself holy unto thee. Amen.