虛堂和尚語錄 5.168

5.168

發言先要心無媿，遣事應須理處長，莫學里閈無信者，
從朝至暮錯商量。

To utter words, the mind must first be without shame;
To dispatch affairs, one must be guided by enduring principle.
Do not imitate the untrustworthy of the neighborhood,
Deliberating mistakenly from morning till night.