permaculture

["Bart Anderson" <bart@cwo.com>]

Someone who is about to admonish another must 
realize within himself five qualities before 
doing so [that he may be able to say], thus:

  In due season will I speak, not out of season.
  In truth will I speak, not in falsehood.
  Gently will I speak, not harshly.
  To his profit will I speak, not to his loss.
  With kindly intent will I speak, not in anger.

                             -  Buddha
                                (Vinaya Pitaka
                                trans F.S. Woodward)