Friday, September 30, 2011

Power to Keep Silence

"If thou wishest to acquire the "power to keep silence, think not and say not within thyself that thou art doing the works of spiritual excellence, but say, '"I am not even worthy to speak.'"

- Abba Poemen

Reference: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/athanasius/paradise1/formats/theparadiseorgar00unkwuoft_djvu.txt