Discretion is spiritual hygiene — Knowing what to share, when to share, how to share, with who to share; you don’t want to get trapped in psychic entanglements, nor do you want strange intentions to access the house of your intimacy; Discretion is knowing how to say no quietly.
“I loved you against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
— Charles Dickens
Dostoevsky:
“Perhaps it is better to suffer and know the truth, than to be happy in a delusion.”
Kafka:
“I would rather keep my illusions, for they are often kinder than the truth.”