Be wise as a serpent

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The teaching, " Be wise as a serpent, " may be interpreted,

" Be quiet as a serpent. " It is quietude that gives wisdom

and power. The thought held in mind speaks to the mind

of another, but the thought spoken out most often only

reaches the ears of a person.

 

Every plan has a period of development; if man has

power over his impulse, by retaining the thought silently

in mind he allows the plan to develop and to take all

necessary changes that it may take for its culmination.

But when the impulse expresses the thought, it, so to

speak, puts out the flame, thus hindering the development

of the plan. The wise speak with their mind many times

before they speak about it to anybody.

 

-Hazrat Inayat Khan

 

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