بیشترتوضیحاتافزودن یادداشت جدید The king of Persia said: "I have never felt sorry for the word that I have not said, but I have many times felt sorry for things that I have said."
King of Rome said: "I can control the word that I have not said, but I cannot control that which I have said."
King of China said: "I possess the word that I have not spoken, but the word that I have spoken possesses me."
King of India said: "How strange those who utter a word that harms them if they say it and does not benefit them if they do not say it are!" 304
Gossip, nonsense, and obscenity are the clearest evidences on stupidity.
As he passed by a man who was speaking nonsense, Amir ul-Mu'minin (a) stopped and said to him: "You are dictating to the Keeping Angels 305 a record that will be taken to your Lord. You therefore should say only that which concerns you and should leave that which does not concern you." 306
"Much speech leads to much erring. Much erring leads to decreased pudency. Little pudency leads to decreased piety. Little piety deadens the heart. The dead-hearted will be in Hell." 307
Imam al-Baqir (a) said: "Abu Tharr used to say: "Seeker of knowledge! Your tongue is the key to goodness and the key to evil. Hence, seal your tongue in the same way as you seal your gold and currencies." 308
Imam as-Sadiq (a) said: "Silence is an abundant treasure. It is the adornment of the clement and the cover of the ignorant." 309
It is related that Qiss ibn Sa'ida asked Aktham ibn Saifi 310, "How many flaws have you found in man?" He answered, "They are too numerous to be counted. But, I found one trait that may cover all the flaws of man if only he keeps to it. It is control over the tongue."