Dispassion and humility lead to spiritual knowledge. Without them no one will see the Lord.
Humility and suffering free a man from all sin; for the first cuts out spiritual passions, and the latter bodily.
Humility and ascetic hardship free a man from all sin, for the one cuts out the passions of the soul, the other those of the body. This is what the blessed David indicates when he prays to God, saying, "Look on my humility and my toil, and forgive all my sins" (Ps. 25:18).
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