Thursday, October 2, 2014

Gentleness


Gentleness... which concerns both the interior and the exterior, inside and outside the house; gentleness among ourselves and in bearing with our neighbor... If someone isn’t gentle enough to put up with boorishness, he'll discourage those poor people who, on seeing that, will be put off and will never be willing to return to learn the things necessary for salvation. (22 August 1659; SV XII, 248)

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