From self-knowledge flows the
stream of humility, which never seizes on mere report, nor takes offense at
anything, but bears every insult, every loss of consolation, and every sorrow,
from whatever direction they may come, patiently, with joy. When it seems
that God shows us the faults of others, keep on the safer side - it may be that
your judgment is false…On your lips let silence abide. And any vice that you
may ascribe to others, ascribe at once to them and yourself, in true humility.
If that vice really exists in a person, he will correct himself better, seeing
himself so gently understood, and will say of his own accord the thing that you
would have said to him.
