Entries tagged with “wisdom”.


Abbot Pastor said: “If you have a chest full of clothing, and leave it for a long time, the clothing will rot inside it. It is the same with the thoughts in our heart. If we do not carry them out by physical action, after a long while they will spoil and turn bad.”

Thomas Merton, The Wisdom of the Desert

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Pure holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.

~St. Francis of Assisi, Salutation of the Virtues

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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

~St. Francis of Assisi, Admonition 27

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