The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks - 10. Discretion (12/12/118)

In Scetis there was a meeting to discuss something; and after the decision was taken, Agatho came in and said, 'You have not made a good decision.' They said to him, 'Who are you to say that?' He answered, 'A son of man, for it is written, "If ye truly speak righteousness, judge ye the thing that is right, O ye sons of men" (Ps. 58:1).'