Whoever is guided solely by. . .
Whoever is guided solely by his own judgment and decision will never climb up to the summit of perfection and will not fail to be the victim of the devil’s ruinous power to delude.”
— John Cassian
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If you want to correct your brother. . .
“If you want to correct your brother when he is doing wrong, you must keep yourself calm; otherwise you yourself may catch the sickness you are seeking to cure and you may find that the words of the Gospel now apply to you, ‘Why do you look at the speck of dust in your brother’s eye, and not notice the rafter in your own eye?’”
— St. John Cassian, Philiokalia, Vol 1
Believe that others are. . .
“Believe that others are better than you in the depths of their soul, although outwardly you may appear better than they.”
— St. Augustine of Hippo
If you see your neighbour. . .
If you see your neighbour in sin, don’t look only at this, but also think about what he has done or does that is good, and infrequently trying this in general, while not partially judging, you will find that he is better than you.”
— St. Basil the Great, Conversations, 20
