Speech and Appearances

Εἴπε πάλιν, ὅτι Ἔστιν ἄνθρωπος δοκῶν σιωπᾶν, καὶ ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ κατακρίνει ἄλλους· ὁ τοιοῦτος πάντοτε λαλεῖ. Καὶ ἔστιν ἄλλος, ἀπὸ πρωϊ ἔως ἑσπέρας λαλῶν, καὶ σιωπὴν κρατεῖ· τουτέστιν ὅτι ἐκτὸς ὠφελείας οὐδὲν λαλεῖ. Ἀποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Again Father Poemen  said, 'There is a man who seems to be silent and in his heart he condemns another, and so this man is speaking all the time. There is another man who talks from dawn until dusk and maintains silence, that is, he speaks only what is profitable.' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia