I understand of no fall that occurs with a monk that does not happen from relying on this own opinion. Some declare, "A man falls on account of this, or that," but I claim, and I say again, that I do not now of any fall that occurs save from this cause. Do you know someone who has fallen? Be confidence that he has guided himself. Nothing is more terrible than to be one's own guide, nothing is more hazardous. God has shielded me from this, and I am always concerned about this danger.
