There is nothing that casually poisons any human effort more than derogatory speech (run of the mill gossip being just one example). Judaism is very sensitive to this, and I have found Jewish teachings on Lashon Hara to be quite inspired. There is a section of Torah.org called The Ethics of Speech that I highly recommend. It goes into a detailed study of this fault.
I have also found an interesting book called, Stopping Lashon Hara.
If anyone has read it, please let me know. Here is the information straight from the book website. . . Speech -- the ability to convey ideas and feelings through words -- is unique to human beings. It can be a tremendou The words our children choose to use in expressing themselves help create their personal window on the world. Positive forms of expression can help our children grow into positive, optimistic people who view the world around them with generous and hopeful eyes. Negative forms of expression, such as defamatory, mean-spirited speech, will cultivate in them a negative, cynical view of the world.
s blessing, but it's also ripe for abuse.
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