I have put a goal in my life, but many times I fail ... Not to humiliate and not to exhaust anyone.

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Those who have fallen into carnal sin are always essentially sick. And because the grace of God has been withdrawn from them they do not want to hear about religion. When others hasten to church, they run to the beaches or the mountains thinking that there they will find mental calm.

Elder Gabriel of Dionsyiou (1886 - 1983, Abbot of the Holy Monstery of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos, known as the Abbot of the Abbots of the twentieth century)