Ignatius said: “It is better to be silent and be than to talk and not be.… Those who possess the word of Jesus are indeed able to hear even His very silence, that they may be perfect and may both act as they speak and be recognised by their silence. There is nothing that is hidden from God, but our very secrets are near to him. Let us, therefore, do all things as those who have him dwelling in us, that we may be his temples, and he may be in us as our God.”