Most people in the world believe that they are men of principle. However, when it comes to speaking, many find that they just say what they feel like. If people do have a governing principle about the things they say, then usually they just try to say the things that are pleasing for the other person to hear. The trouble with such a principle is that people will always say what is easiest to say instead of saying the things that need to be said. Such a principle, when we come to speech at the level of politicians or those in power will impede the progress of the country because politicians are always saying what is easiest to say instead of speaking out about the things in society which ought to be changed.
If one has no clear principles then the more we speak, the more damage we do. The people of old had the saying that, "The more we say the more trouble we create." The reason is that when we have already said all that is beneficial and necessary to say and we keep on speaking then the next things to come out of our mouths are worthless or harmful speech such as gossip, slander, abuse, chatter and lies. Thus the people of old said, "keep what we have to say to minimum and we will maximize our problems.
However if we refuse to speak at all then no-one understands us!" Thus we all have to say something, but for our own benefits we should clearly understand the nature of speech and the principles of artful speech that is beneficial so say so that we can be confident in selecting the things we say or keep to ourselves.
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