Thoughts from solitude.
Posted by Terry Nelson on Oct 26th, 2007
“If you cannot contain yourself, flee into solitude. . . . It is not through virtue that I live in solitude, but through weakness; those who live in the midst of men are the strong ones.” - Abba Matoes
October 26th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Those who live in the midst of men and remain moral are strong and only through Christ…not just anyone who remains in the midst of men. Here is the link from Aquinas comparing the active and the contemplative and such questions:
http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3182.htm