Silence..elaborated

[Guest guest]

the other kind of silence: Posted by Lex.Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence? -Sai BabaOne avoids vain talk, and abstains from it. One speaks at the right time, in accordance with facts, speaks what is useful, speaks of the law and the discipline; one’s speech is like a treasure, uttered at the right moment, accompanied by arguments, moderate and full of sense. This is called Right Speech.-Adapted from the Aguttara Nikaya, translated by NyanatilokaThyself shall, under some rosy bower,Sit mute with thy finger on thy lip;Like him, the boy, who born amongThe flowers that on the Nile-stream blush,Sits ever thus, - his only songTo Earth and Heaven, "Hush all, hush!"- Moore's Irish Melodies, an allusion to Horus, Egyptian God of SilenceThe heavy is foundation for the light;So quietness is master of the deed.Those who know do not talkAnd talkers do not know.Sparing indeed is nature of its talk:The whirlwind will not last the morning out;The cloudburst ends before the day is done.What is it that behaves itself like this?The earth and sky! And if it be that theseCut short their speech, how much more yet should man!- Lao Tzu