My hesitancy in speech, which was once an annoyance, is now a pleasure. Its greatest benefit has been that it has taught me the economy of words. I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts.
 Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of my Experiments with Truth (1929). copy citation

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Author Mahatma Gandhi
Source The Story of my Experiments with Truth
Topic speech annoyance
Date 1929
Language English
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Note Translated from the Gujarati by Mahadev Desai in 1940
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