Monday, May 2, 2011

Idle Talking

Of the danger of idle talking.

The abbot Hyperichius said, The serpent whispered to Eve, and she was cast out of Paradise. He who gossips with his neighbour is like unto the serpent. He causes the loss of the soul of him who listens, and his own soul shall not be safe.

Reference: http://www.archive.org/details/wisdomofdesert00birmrich