Isaac of Nineveh, Ascetical Homily 17
Written 7th century.
Source:
Isaac of Nineveh, "The
Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian." 2nd Ed., p. 216.
Trans.: Holy Transfiguration Monastery. (2011).
Oppose no man in anything; do not quarrel, and do not
lie, and do not swear by the name of the Lord your God. Be despised, and do not
despise. Be wronged, and do not wrong. It is better for things of the body to
perish with the body than for something pertaining to the soul to be hurt. Go
to court with no man, but endure to be condemned, being uncondemned. Have no
love in your soul for anything which is connected with those in the world; submit
to rulers and princes, but refrain from mingling with them, for such company is
a trap that catches the more heedless to their perdition.
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