A loud mind is a shallow one. When you’re worked up — arguing, defending, turning over what someone said — the surface churns and thinking gets choppy. Let it settle and you can reach further down. “As still waters run deep, calm minds think deep too.”

Innocent guards his calm for exactly this reason. Altercations throw off negative energy, and that energy sends waves across the mind; a rattled mind can’t get to the depths a quiet one can. So keeping the peace isn’t only about feeling good — it’s about being able to think clearly at all.

The gain is practical. A composed mind is free for real work, and notices what a noisy one skates past. Calm here isn’t passivity; it’s the condition for depth.