Let us then labor for an inward stillness—
An inward stillness and an inward healing;
That perfect silence where the lips and heart
Are still, and we no longer entertain
Our own imperfect thoughts and vain opinions,
But God alone speaks in us, and we wait
In singleness of heart, that we may know
God’s will, and in the silence of our spirit,
That we may do God’s will and do that only.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow