Desert Fathers: Guarding the wellspring
A brother said to Sisois, “I want to guard my heart.”
He said to him, “How can we guard the heart if our tongue leaves the door of the fortress open?”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
A brother said to Sisois, “I want to guard my heart.”
He said to him, “How can we guard the heart if our tongue leaves the door of the fortress open?”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V