Noble speech avoids conflicts not by weakness, but by calm mastery.

To avoid quarrel is not cowardice. The noble spirit does not shrink from truth but knows that truth does not need harshness to stand firm. A calm word, spoken with clarity and strength, silences contention more swiftly than heated retorts. It is mastery to rule one’s tongue and to preserve peace where pride would inflame. He who avoids conflict through nobility does not compromise truth but magnifies it by the serenity of his manner.