From the sayings of ABBA MACARIUS about Silence

Again he gave a counsel to the brethren of Scete when he dismissed the assembly, "Flee my brothers.” One of them asked him, "Where could we flee to beyond this desert?" He laid his finger upon his lips, saying, "Flee that.”

When Abba Moses complained that many brothers visited him, saying "I should like to live in quiet prayer and the brethren do not let me", the old man replied, "I see that you are a sensitive man and incapable of sending a brother away. If you want to live in peace, go to the interior desert, to Petra, and there you will be at peace.” And so he found peace.