Quote of the Week, The Tongue as the Mind’s Index, by Isidore of Seville, 7th Century

“The tongue stands as the index of the mind.”

—Isidore of Seville (c. 560 – 636), Sententiae 3.11.2

Source: Isidore of Seville, Sententiae 3.11.2, in Isidore of Seville: The Complete Sentences, trans. P. G. Walsh (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), 143.

Reflection: What does my speech reveal about the true condition of my mind and heart?