History: The Prophet: On Talking

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||On Talking| And then a scholar said, "Speak of Talking."| And he answered, saying:| You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;| And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.| And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.| For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words many indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.| There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.| The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.| And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.| And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.| In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence.| When you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place, let the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue.| Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear;| For his soul will keep the truth of your heart as the taste of the wine is remembered| When the colour is forgotten and the vessel is no more.| || ||((The Prophet|The Prophet)) |le prije ctuca / le pijyctu (the wise teacher) ((The Prophet: The Coming of the Ship)) |.i nu selklama le bloti ((The Prophet: On Love)) |lo ka prami ((The Prophet: On Marriage)) |lo nu speni ((The Prophet: On Children)) |lo panzi ((The Prophet: On Giving)) |lo nu dunda ((The Prophet: On Eating and Drinking)) |lo nu citka je pinxe ((The Prophet: On Work)) |lo zu'o gunka ((The Prophet: On Joy and Sorrow)) |lo li'i gleki je badri ((The Prophet: On Houses)) |lo zdani ((The Prophet: On Clothes)) |lo taxfu ((The Prophet: On Buying and Selling)) |lo nu tevecnu je vecnu ((The Prophet: On Crime and Punishment)) |lo zekri .e lo nu sfasa ((The Prophet: On Laws)) |lo flalu ((The Prophet: On Freedom)) |lo za'i zifre ((The Prophet: On Reason and Passion)) | lo nu krinu pensi .e lo se cinmo ((The Prophet: On Pain)) | lo nu dunku ((The Prophet: On Self-Knowledge)) | lo nu sevzi djuno ((The Prophet: On Teaching)) | lo nu ctuca ((The Prophet: On Friendship)) | lo nu pendo ((The Prophet: On Talking)) | lo nu tavla ((The Prophet: On Time)) | lo temci ((The Prophet: On Good and Evil)) | lo ka vrude .e lo ka pacna ((The Prophet: On Prayer)) | lo nu jdaselsku ((The Prophet: On Pleasure)) | lo za'i pluka ((The Prophet: On Beauty)) | lo ka melbi ((The Prophet: On Religion)) | lo lijde ((The Prophet: On Death)) | lo nu morsi ((The Prophet: The Farewell)) | le nu cusku zo co'o||