As gold is superior to silver, so silence is more valuable than speech. this may seems strange and paradoxical when we remember what speech has done to mankind. Human progress owes much to speech.
Man's superiority over other created beings is largely due to his capacity for expressing all kinds of thoughts and emotions. How to speech which is so divine and mysterious is thought of as inferior? The perversity of man will corrupt the highest entity, not expecting even truth. There is no wonder that speech would be misused by men. It is the misuse of speech and not speech itself which is condemned in the proverb given above.
There most glaring example of misuse is verbosity. We often talk too much and talking too much frequently means talking without seize. An empty vessel sounds much. It is said,
A senseless talkie or a blabber is often ridiculed and insulted. No one puts any faith in a man who talks much. They often tell lies, make big promises and delude people by false hopes.
Often talking glibly they land into difficulties. Hasty and thoughtless speech has been the ruin of many a man. This is why we have been asked to guard against vain talk. Life's energy is limited and if the major portion is spent in talk, very little is left for work. Great men of action have been men of little speech. But this proverb is but a half truth and is therefore not applicable to all situations. What do we think of a man who refused to sat on thing when one word from his lips will serve a benighted traveler. Its is the light of circumstances that we must judge the value of this proverb.
There most glaring example of misuse is verbosity. We often talk too much and talking too much frequently means talking without seize. An empty vessel sounds much. It is said,
"Words are like leaves and where they are in abundance, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found"
A senseless talkie or a blabber is often ridiculed and insulted. No one puts any faith in a man who talks much. They often tell lies, make big promises and delude people by false hopes.
Often talking glibly they land into difficulties. Hasty and thoughtless speech has been the ruin of many a man. This is why we have been asked to guard against vain talk. Life's energy is limited and if the major portion is spent in talk, very little is left for work. Great men of action have been men of little speech. But this proverb is but a half truth and is therefore not applicable to all situations. What do we think of a man who refused to sat on thing when one word from his lips will serve a benighted traveler. Its is the light of circumstances that we must judge the value of this proverb.
My eMania
0 comments:
Post a Comment