I hear in the silence, I ponder in solitude, and I try in the noisy crowd to practise it.

What do I learn? To put gaiety before prudence, grace before pleasure, service before power.

What am I commanded? To seek patience in suffering, humility in success, steadfastness always.

What is forbidden me? To reject another’s love, to despise another’s wisdom, to blaspheme another’s God.

Frederick Parker-Rhodes, 1977

QF&P 26.41