St. Leonid of Optina on Simplicity

"Just as gold is found, washed out of a great amount of sand and it amounts to very small grains like millet, so also out of many human beings few will be approved. For those who seek the kingdom are clearly manifested, while those who merely wear its word as a beautiful ornament are the ones most conspicuous. For the same reason those are manifested who are seasoned with the heavenly salt and who speak out of the Spirit's treasures. The vessels appear in whom God is pleased and to whom He gives His grace. There are also others, who, with much patience, receive the sanctifying power in many different ways, as God wishes."

- St. Macarius the Great

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St. Leonid of Optina

"Joyfully accept bitter trials, that they may violently shake you for a brief moment, and that afterward you may be sweetened."

St. Isaac the Syrian, Ascetical Homilies

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