human
You have not hit it.
gpt
I give it up.
human
Is it so? art thou too afraid, O father?
gpt
It is so; and the fear that is now upon me has been with me ever since I became a monk.
human
We cannot keep out bad thoughts, as we cannot stop the wind rushing through the door; but we can resist them when they come.
gpt
A monk ought to be all eye, as the cherubim and seraphim.
human
No need to be voluble in prayer; but stretch forth thy hands frequently, and say, 'Lord, as thou wilt, and as thou knowest, have mercy on me.' And if war is coming on, say, 'Help!' And he who himself knoweth what is expedient for thee, will show thee mercy.
gpt
My brother, better were it to have even secretly eaten flesh in thy cell than thus loudly to have refused it.
human
A monk's cell is that golden Babylonian furnace in which the Three Children found the Son of God.