Thieves came to a cell during prayer time, so the priest said to the brothers: “Let them do their work, and we will do our work.” A brother said to an old man: “Why?”

From the biography of Father Pachomius: At some point, while Pachomius was with Father Plamon, a monk who was overcome by vanity came to them.

It was reported that Father Eladius lived in Scetis for twenty years in a cell. He did not raise his eyes to look at its ceiling, and his food was always bread and salt.

Saint Dorotheos said: There is nothing worse than judgment for man, because because of it he advances to evils and dwells in evils. So whoever condemns