Next, about the tendency to talk overmuch.
Speech is produced cheap, but it has high value.
It can elevate as well as demean man.
Listening to a speech, a zero can rise
into a hero or hero can collapse into a zero.
It can inspire or plant despair.
It must be true and sweet,
not false and pleasant.
Man must Endeavour to acquire
speech untouched by subterfuge,
limbs untouched by cruelty,
hands free from violence and
thoughts free from vengefulness.
Frenzy, fanaticism and gusts of anger
have to be controlled, for they lead to
disasters whose range is beyond calculation.
By constant practice, these can also
resort to the vow of silence.
The mind too must desist from wandering,
when the tongue is desisting from talking.
Otherwise, the vow cannot be fruitful.
Be conscious that every word we utter
or hear will leave an impression on
our consciousness, and provoke reactions
which may or may not be beneficial.
This is the reason why the company
of God and godly people is to be sought.
divinely sent
