"We do not engage in works outside our monastery,
For we have chosen to live
in silence and concentration
At the hidden springs, the deepest level
Where the struggle is enacted
between the powers of good and evil.
Where our union with Christ
bears fruit for all mankind …
We have chosen a stillness more powerful than all activity.
A detachment more fulfilling than all possession,
A wisdom exceeding all knowledge
And a love beyond all".
Rumer Godden Preface "In this House of Brede"
