Backbiting, slander, patronizing and arrogant speech reveal an unhealthy self. The practice of wise speech includes refusing to feed malicious and cynical conversations, regardless of what anybody says. We can easily conform to the complaining mind that runs though our culture, and there is a terrible tendency for our mind to get stuck in particular points of view. What comes out of our mouth will often reveal more about ourselves than what we are talking about.
— Christopher Titmuss, An Awakened Life