Sunday, February 12, 2012

When Words and Life Correspond

To live without speaking is better than to speak without living.  For the former who lives rightly does good even by his (or her) silence but the latter does no good even when he (or she) speaks.  When words and life correspond to one another they are together the whole of philosophy.
- Abba Isidore of Pelusia, 5th Century Egypt
"The Sayings of the Desert Fathers"  Benedicta Ward


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