When Abba Agathon was dying the brothers said to him, "Father are you fearful?" He said, "As much as it was within my ability I have observed the commandments, but I am only a man. How do I know if my work is pleasing to God? The judgment of man is one thing, the judgment of God is another entirely." See how he brought humility to our attention, guiding us to attain it. How it is produced in the soul, as I said, no one can find the words to explain, nor is it possible to take hold of it through the mind, if the soul through its deeds is found unworthy to know it. But the Fathers had a habit of
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