Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3500

Whether you speak words of praise or blame, speak them of God; wicked is he who idly wastes speech on other topics. Those who listen to such speech grow deaf; they pay money to enter hell. Yes, in this world, men will spit on them; and they will have to live in hell hereafter. Tuka says, Speech is an honest measure; but the censure of others fills it with hell.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents