Dismissing The Crowd

Et dimittentes turbam... Dimittunt turbam, qui popularem auram et vulgum deserunt incerto semper judicio pervagantem: neque addicti rumoribus humanis a virtutis itinere retardantur, sed se bono conscientiae stabiles et securi laudum et derogationum mendaces fluctus, Christo comitante, pertranseunt. Sanctus Petrus Chrysologus, Sermo XXI, De Sedata Maris Tempestate Source: Migne PL 52.379a-b

And dismissing the crowd... 1 They dismiss the crowd who keep away from the popular breeze and the wandering mob that is always unstable in its judgement, nor are they delayed on the way of virtue by being bound to human rumours, but stable and secure in good conscience, with Christ accompanying them, they pass through the deceitful waves of praise and detraction. Saint Peter Chrysologus, from Sermon 21, On The Calming of the Storm at Sea 1 Mk 4.36