“I once saw all of the snares of the devil spread out across the earth,” said the Great Antonios, “and I became terrified.”
“Is it possible that anyone can escape them?” he said, sighing.
He then heard a mysterious voice answering him: “He who is humble of mind.”
–From The Ancient Fathers of the Desert: Translated Narratives from the Evergetinos on Passions and Perfection in Christ by Archimandrite Chrysostomos, Hellenic College Press: Brookline, MA, 1980
