In order to learn what it means to be a woman we must start with the One who made her.
Elisabeth ElliotSilence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins, doesn't it? We can't be sinning in so many different ways if we are being quiet before God. Silence nourishes patience, charity, discretion.
Elisabeth ElliotThe only basis of peace is the cessation of the conflict of two wills: my will vs Godโs.
Elisabeth Elliot