I always say vaksuddhi leads to manosuddhi. That is why I insist on quiet talk, sweet talk and little talk; the Sattvika talk; no anger, no heat, no hate. Such talk will cause no quarrel, no blood pressure and no factions. It will promote respect and love. (SSS Vol.1, p. 168)

It is easy to talk of principles and codes of conduct but it is difficult to put them into practice. This is a simple truth I am giving you. (SSVahini, p. 164)

Dear students, you should not talk too much. The divine energy which is in you will get wasted in the process. By engaging in too much talk your memory power will get lost and weakness will develop in your body. Premature old age will be the final result. Besides that, you will get a bad name.

The most common of premature old age and senility is this talk and more talk, still more talk. All this talk is not good. You have to observe silence. From birth, you have never developed the habit of silence. You have to develop it now. Actually, the two functions of the tongue are closely related. Too much talk leads to unnatural hunger, when the talker feels more hungry he will, of course, take more food. On account of this excess food, feelings will arise which will express themselves in still more talk. In this process, controlling the senses becomes an almost impossible task. (DBG, p. 45)