Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye. (Luke 6:41-42)
“A brother asked Abba Poimen, ‘What ought I to do? I lack courage when I am praying alone in my cell.’
The elder told him, ‘Do not despise, condemn or blame anyone. God will grant you peace and you will meditate in tranquility.’” (Thomas Merton, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, in The Roots of Christian Mysticism, p. 144).
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