Benedict of Nursia

"There are times when, out of respect for silence, even good words are not spoken"

Desert Fathers

"A person who teaches others by actions, not words, is truly wise."

"If you have words, but no work, you are like a tree with leaves but no fruit. But just as a tree bearing fruit is also leafy, a person who has good works comes up with good words."

Martin Luther

" The shoemaker is called to show his vocation not by sewing crosses on his products but by making sturdy shoes."

Thomas a Kempis

"What good does it do to speak learnedly about the Trinity if lacking humility you displease the Trinity? Indeed it is not learning that makes one holy and just, but a virtuous life that makes one pleasing to God. I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it. What would it profit us to know the whole Bible by heart and the principles of all the philosophers if we live without grace and the love of God? Vanities of vanities, all is vanity except to have God and to serve Him alone."

Dionysius

"Lead us up beyond unknowing and light, up to the farthest, highest peak of mystic scripture, where the mysteries of God's Word lie simple, absolute, and unchangeable in the brilliant darkness of a hidden silence."