Gossip involves saying behind a personโs back what you would never say to his or her face. Flattery means saying to a personโs face what you would never say behind his or her back.
R. Kent HughesThe true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle his tongue.
R. Kent HughesThe height of devotion is reached when reverence and contemplation produce passionate worship, which in turn breaks forth in thanksgiving and praise in word and song.
R. Kent Hughes