To Be Silent

"It is well to get used even now to thinking carefully before speaking. Much common talk is unnecessary and foolish; when it is gossip, it is wicked. 

So be accustomed to listen rather than to talk; do not offer opinions unless directly asked for them. One statement of the qualifications gives them thus:

To Know, to Dare, to Will, and to be Silent; 

...and the last of the four is the hardest of them all."

From At the Feet of the Master - J. Krishnamurthi 

~ g