It is no use giving up talking altogether – the proper course is to speak usefully to people but not to talk for the sake of talking.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 3. 1936-37
Fragment ID: 18138
1936-37
Why does even a slight casual talk create a disturbance in my work?
It is because by talking one passes into another consciousness. That is so long as the inner being has not attained a constant and even calm poise. It is no use giving up talking altogether – the proper course is to speak usefully to people but not to talk for the sake of talking.