February 8, June 9, October 9Chapter 7: On HumilityThe eleventh degree of humility is that when a monk speaks he do so gently and without laughter, humbly and seriously, in few and sensible words, and that he be not noisy in his speech. It is written, "A wise man is known by the fewness of his words"(Sextus, Enchidirion, 134 or 145).
Selections above from Saint Benedict's Rule for Monasteries, translated from the Latin by Leonard J. Doyle OblSB, of
Saint John's Abbey, (© Copyright
1948, 2001, by the Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, MN 56321). Adapted
for use here with the division
into sense lines of the first edition that was republished in 2001 to mark the 75th anniversary of
Liturgical Press.
Doyle's translation is available in both hardcover
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