Once a woman came to the Optina hieroschimonakh Anatoly (Zertsalov) and asked him for the blessing to live alone, so that she could fast, pray and sleep on bare boards without hindrance. The old man said to her,
— You know, the evil one does not eat, drink or sleep, but all lives in the abyss because he has no humility. Submit yourself in all the will of God – this is your feat; humble yourself before all, reproach yourself in everything, bear with thanksgiving sickness and sorrow – this is above all feats!
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