Even though a speech be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of sense is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.Do not speak harshly to anybody; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful, blows for blows will touch thee.
They blame him who sits silent, they blame him who speaks much, they also blame him who says little; there is no one on earth who is not blamed.
A man is not learned because he talks much; he who is patient, free from hatred and fear, he is called learned.
Silently shall I endure abuse as the elephant in battle endures the arrow sent from the bow: for the world is ill-natured.
In the body restraint is good, good is restraint in speech, in thought restraint is good, good is restraint in all things. A Bhikshu, restrained in all things, is freed from all pain.
He who controls his hand, he who controls his feet, he who controls his speech, he who is well controlled, he who delights inwardly, who is collected, who is solitary and content, him they call Bhikshu.
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who utters true speech, instructive and free from harshness, so that he offend no one.
-The Dhammapada
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