Once I asked Father Sophrony to give me a rule. As he was allergic to rules, he told me: 'Do what you can? I insisted: 'But what does it mean, Father, to do what I can?' 'Until you fall down and you cannot anymore.’ I forced him, and so he told me the real truth, which was much more than any rule.
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou Perfect
Surrendering to the Spirit of Salvation, p 25
Be careful what you ask for! :-)
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