We do not engage in idle or intentional gossip which undermines someone else's integrity or which spreads the seeds of fear by talking unthinkingly about illness, disasters, and all the other fears which run rampant in the world.

Donna Goddard
About This Quote

Idle gossip is what happens when people talk about things that are not important. These idle conversations are counterproductive because they bring no one closer to the truth or even happiness. The other person does not see that their problems are not the only problems, and that their own issues do not bring the entire world down with them.

Source: The Love Of Devotion

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