Sunday, July 29, 2012
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Originally Posted by alihashmatkhoso
Speech is the gift of all, but thought of few
Barring people who are deaf and dumb, human beings have been blessed with the gift of speech. But while almost every body talks; few people take the trouble of thinking. Talking comes naturally to human beings but thinking requires mental exertion. Every body gifted with reason, but very few persons make use of this faculty. Man is a rational animal, but all men do not get benefit of the rational faculty. Thinking is indeed, foreign to most people. The result is that words are spoken, decision is taken, and action is performed by people without any pervious thinking. The want of thinking in most such cases leads to unpleasant and even disastrous consequences. If an individual says or does something thoughtlessly, he may pay heavily for it.
If a politician makes a speech without giving due thought to what he says, he may cause a tumult, an agitation, and even a riot. Politicians are indeed the worst sinners in this respect. They have the gift of the gab but little capacity for thinking. They often blurt out words without realizing the implications of what they are saying. They are reckless in speech. They are copious in speech; they are glib-tongued: but they are deficient in thinking power.
If a mob is excited or inflamed, it will not pause to think. It will merely shout slogans and make a lot of noise. Cool thinking is essential part of a wise man’s mental equipment. Indeed, a wise man speaks less and thinks more. And whatever he speaks is the result of his thinking. But wise men are in minority in this world. The world is inhabited largely by talkative people who consider thinking to be hard thing and who, therefore, prefer talking to thinking …
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