Good Quote: Ministry of Holding One's Tongue

Oh man... I need this one badly.

From Seven Principles for Eradicating Selfish Ambition in the
Fellowship:

1. The ministry of holding one's tongue

Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we

absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words...

Thus it must be a decisive rule of every Christian fellowship

that each individual is prohibited from saying much that

occurs to him. This prohibition does not include the personal

word of advice and guidance. But to speak about a brother is

forbidden, even under the cloak of help and goodwill; for it

is precisely in this guise that the spirit of hatred among

brothers creeps in when it is seeking to create mischief.

... Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), Life Together [1954]