“The lives of the fathers show us how many of them attain holiness with facility and ease, without great labors and sacrifices, or ascetic struggles, because they practice obedience. Obedience is humility in practice and God “giveth grace unto the humble.”
Elder Ephraim of Katounakia
~Obedience is Life
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“We compare ourselves to the animals – actually, that’s an insult to the poor animals. We are worse than they are. One day I was trying to think of something to compare myself to, and I finally settled on a dung beetle. But after I really thought about it, I realized I wasn’t being fair to the poor thing.”
Elder Paisios
~Elder Paisios of Mount Athos