“As soon as you direct such a question outward to your fellow man and not inward to yourself, you have set yourself on a judgment seat and thereby judged yourself. You have robbed yourself of what you had won by your own continence; you have taken one step forward but ten backward: and then you have reason to weep over your obstinacy, your failure to improve, and your pride.” MenReasonStepsTakenPrideTenJudgmentDirectFellowsSeatsOver YouJudgedInwardFellow ManSteps ForwardAsceticismObstinacy Author:Tito Colliander
“It is for us to begin. If we take one step towards the Lord, he takes ten towards us -- he who saw the prodigal son while he was at a distance, and had compassion and ran and embraced him.” IfsCompassionLordStepsSawsSonTenDistanceRanProdigalsProdigal Son Book:Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth Source: Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth
