1 July 2020
Prudence in Action
DO
NOT yield to every impulse and suggestion but consider things carefully and
patiently in the light of God’s will. For very often, sad to say, we are so
weak that we believe and speak evil of others rather than good. Perfect men,
however, do not readily believe every talebearer, because they know that human
frailty is prone to evil and is likely to appear in speech.
Not
to act rashly or to cling obstinately to one’s opinion, not to believe
everything people say or to spread abroad the gossip one has heard, is great
wisdom.
Take
counsel with a wise and conscientious man. Seek the advice of your betters in preference
to following your own inclinations.
A
good life makes a man wise according to God and gives him experience in many things,
for the more humble he is and the more subject to God, the wiser and the more
at
Thomas à Kempis, The
Imitation of Christ, p9
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