和人交談,我們應緩於說話,耐心聆聽,對下屬更需如此。須洗耳恭聽近人說話,直至其完全表達心聲為止。

We should be slow to speak and patient in listening to all men, but especially to inferiors. Our ears should be wide open to our neighbor until he seems to have said all that is in his mind.

Adapted from Thoughts of St. Ignatius Loyola for Every Day of the Year
Art by Colegio Mateus Ricci 利瑪竇學校