Wise Words on Wednesday: Truth and Love
“Truth without love is bitter and can drive the wounded away; and ‘love’ without truth isn’t love at all, but a comfortable form of lying”
– Archbishop Charles Chaput
Tag: Bitterness
The gift of prudence
Some brothers once asked Silvanus, “What way of life did you follow to be endowed with such prudence?” He answered, “I have never let any bitter thought remain in my heart.”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V