Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Religious Must Cultivate Silence

Finding a certain religious had a habit of speaking idle words, the holy father sharply rebuked him, saying, "Modest silence is the sure guardian of a pure heart and is not the least among the great virtues; for life and death are in the power of the tongue, not so much on account of the taste as of speach."

St.Francis
Miscellaneous Writings

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