[From an anonymous Egyptian hermit]
“It is not necessary that you live the way I do. But in order to become happier than you are keep these rules:
– think of God at least as much as you think of men
– fear God at least as much as you fear men
– honor God at least as much as you honor men
– pray to God at least as much as you entreat men
– hoping God at least as much as you hope in men
– ask God for help as least as much as you ask men
– fulfill God’s law at least as much as you fulfill the law of men
– be thankful to God at least as much as you are thankful to men
– glorify God at least as much as you glorify men!”
St. Nikolai Velimirovich
~Missionary Letters #2