Humility And Words

Ταπεινοπρόνει μᾶλλον, καὶ μὴ ταπεινολόγει, ἵνα μὴ ἐγγύθεν ἔχῃς τῶν ῥημάτων κατηγορίαν τὰ πράγματα, μᾶλλον δὲ τὰ πράγματα διὰ τῶν ῥημάτων δεικνύς, ἔργα τοὺς λόγους ἔχων, ἀλλὰ μὴ τοῖς ἔργοις ἀνατρέπων τοὺς λόγους. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΤΜΒ' Σελευκῳ Source: Migne PG 78.377d-380a

Be humble in your soul rather than humble in your speech, lest you come near to having conduct that refutes words, but rather by conduct let words be proved; having conduct for speech, do not overthrow words with conduct. Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 342, To Seleucus