“He who has ears for hearing, let him listen”

Before all, and above all, attention shall be paid to the care of the sick, so that they shall be served as if they were Christ Himself.

Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.

The first step of humility is unhesitating obedience which comes naturally to those who cherish Christ above all.

It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.

Idleness is an enemy of the soul.

Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.

Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father’s advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.

There is nothing better to display the truth in an excellent light, than a clear and simple statement of facts.

Girded with faith and the performance of good works, let us follow in his [Jesus] paths by the guidance of the Gospel.

He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.

Be careful to be gentle, lest in removing the rust, you break the whole instrument.

Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.

He should first show them in deeds rather than words all that is good and holy.

The prophet shows that, for the sake of silence, we are to abstain even from good talk. If this be so, how much more needful is it that we refrain from evil words, on account of the penalty of the sin!

Listen carefully, my child, to your master’s precepts, and incline the ear of your heart.

To attribute to God, and not to self, whatever good one sees in oneself; but to recognize always that the evil is one’s own doing, and to impute it on one’s self.

I don’t make music for eyes. I make music for ears.

No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.

Our only limitation is that we only believe what is visible to our eyes and audible to our ears.

It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.

Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.

As long as my music is real, it’s no limit to how many ears I can grab.

Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.