Who is so wise as to be able to fully know all things?
Therefore trust not too much to thine own thoughts; but be willing also to hear the sentiments of others.
Although thy opinion be good, yet if for God's sake thou leave it to follow that of another, it will be more profitable to thee.
For I have often heard that it is more safe to hear and to take counsel than to give it.
It may also happen that each one's thought may be good; but to refuse to yield to others, when reason or a just cause requires it, is a sign of pride and willfulness.
I could wish I had oftener been silent, and that I had not been in company.
-- Imitation of Christ
