QUESTION : Sometimes temper leads to very harsh speech.
GURUDEV : The ugliness or beauty of the tongue is ordered by the personality behind. A shattered entity will seek self-gratification in malicious and harsh words, and the soft tongue can often become more devastating than the most destructive missile.
A seeker trying to reach a fuller and more exhaustive self-expression should develop such inner harmony that his speech echoes the fragrance of his soul.
A speech with softness of tone, clarity of expression, honesty of conviction, power of bringing a clear picture in the listener’s mind, overflowing with sincerity, devotion, and love becomes the very quality of the speaker’s personality. To develop, therefore, a habit of such speech would be to unconsciously train and discipline one’s inner equipment.