3746. An idle man

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An idle man

Knows how to speak

Ill of the world

Not only unnecessarily

But also ceaselessly.

An idle man

Does not want to learn

How to speak to God

Even in his dreams. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 38, Agni Press, 1982
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