A brother asked Abba Macarius the Great: What is perfection?
The elder replied:
A person cannot be perfect unless he acquires humility in soul and body, so great that he does not praise himself for any action, but humbly considers himself below every creature; never judge anyone but himself; endure insults and dishonor, and remove all impurity from your heart; strive to be patient, good, brotherly, chaste, and temperate, as Scripture says: "Until now the kingdom of heaven is needy, and the needy are pleased with it" (Mt. 11:12); look straight with your eyes, hold your tongue, avoid every empty and mentally harmful hearing, observe uprightness of hands, purity of heart before God, and purity of body; constantly have a thought and a remembrance of death; To put aside all anger and malice, to renounce all material and carnal pleasures, that is, the devil and all his works; to submit completely to the All-King God and all His commandments, and to have Him constantly before you at all times, in all things, and in all your actions.
Source: Ancient Patericon
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