"Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love."
~Miguel Angel Ruiz


 The Triple-Filter Test



  In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"


"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be good idea to take a moment and filter what you’re going to say. That’s why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"


"Well, no," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and…"


"All right," said Socrates. "So you don’t really know if it’s true or not. Now, let’s try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"


"Umm, no, on the contrary…"


"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about my friend, but you’re not certain it’s true. You may still pass the test though, because there’s one filter left—the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"


"No, not really."


"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true, nor good, nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"


~ Author Unknown






What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.  ~Jewish Proverb






Do not repeat anything you will not sign your name to.  ~Author Unknown

It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.  ~Dolley Madison

P.S: 

What was true in the days of Socrates,holds good in every age.

What if,

every conversation could pass this vital triple test of truth,goodness and usefulness ???? 

Imagine what life on this planet would then be like :) 
Namaste,
Bhagya