The less you talk, the more will become your mental power. With the
increase in your mental capacity, there will be increase in your power of
discrimination too. Consequently, you will give up "individual discrimination".
Because of this, you will begin to consider the good of the world at large
rather than your own individual welfare ".
" Silence is the only language of the realized. Practice moderation in
speech. That will help you in many ways. It will develop Prema, for most
misunderstandings and factions arise out of carelessly spoken words. Silence
will charge the battery and you will win through a longer period of dhyanam.
The silence maintained in Prashanthi Nilayam must be carried over to wherever
you go; it is to be taken as an exercise in the control of senses that are
exterior oriented ".
- Swami
