Be silent rather…
Love to be silent rather than to speak; for silent saves up, but speaking fritters away.
— Abba Isaiah (a Desert Father)
Holding my tongue…
I have often been sorry for having spoken, but never for holding my tongue.
— Saint Arsenius (350-450)
Avoid slander…
Avoid slander because it is difficult to retract. Avoid offending anyone for to ask forgiveness is not delightful.
— Saint John Cantius (1390-1473)
Adoration takes charge…
As the genuine religious impulse becomes dominant, adoration more and more takes charge. “I come to seek God because I need Him,” may be an adequate formula for prayer. “I come to adore His splendor, and fling myself and all that I have at God’s feet,” is the only possible formula for worship.
— Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
Adoration is first..
Adoration is the first and greatest of life’s responses to is spiritual environment; the first and most fundamental of spirit’s movement towards Spirit, the seed from which all other prayer must spring. It is among the most powerful of the educative forces which purify the understanding, form and develop the spiritual life.
— Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
Action, not speech
Remember that the Christian life is one of action, not speech and daydreams. Let there be few words and many deeds, and let them be done well.
— Saint Vincent Pallotti (1795-1850)
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