p. 206 | The Dangers of Careless Speech

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 7, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 13.

The Dangers of Careless Speech

"The majority of us talk too much. An indiscriminate, helter-skelter, pell-mell method of talking is far from being helpful to true piety; and a loose, slipshod, reckless way of speaking works havoc in many directions. It reacts on the one speaking, hurts the hearer, and oftentimes injures the subject of the conversation. How ready we are to express an opinion concerning things about which we know but little! How quick we are to see the mote or flaw in somebody else, how ready to justify ourselves even at the expense of others!"