Judith Valente > Quotes

“In an old monastic practice, whenever two or more people were assigned to work on a task, they would first bow to one another and say, "Have patience with me." How different might our work days be if we begin by bowing to our colleagues and they to us, asking, "Have patience with me.”
― Judith Valente, How to Live: What the Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning, and Community

“At all times, cultivate silence.”
― Judith Valente, Atchison Blue: A Search for Silence, a Spiritual Home, and a Living Faith