"The soul that is in all things devoted to the will of God rests quiet
in Him, for she knows of experience and from the Holy Scriptures that
the Lord loves us much and watches over our souls, quickening all things
by His grace in peace and love. Nothing troubles the man who is given
over to the will of God, be it illness, poverty or persecution. He knows
that the Lord in His mercy is solicitous for us. The Holy Spirit, whom
the soul knows, is witness therefore. But the proud and the self-willed
do not want to surrender to God's will because they like their own way,
and that is harmful for the soul."
-St. Silouan the Athonite
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