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“Christians, above all men, are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force… it is necessary to make a man better not by force but by persuasion. God gives the crown to those who are kept from evil, not by force, but by choice.” —St. John Chrysostom
“Pride is denial of God,
an invention of the devil,
the despising of men,
the mother of contamination,
the offspring of praise,
a foothold for Satan,
a source of anger,
a door of hypocrisy,
the support of demons,
the guardian of sins,
the rejection of compassion,
an opponent of God,
a root of blasphemy.” —St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent
“I have seen pride lead to humility. And I remembered him who said: Who hath known the mind of the Lord? The pit and offspring of conceit is a fall; but a fall is often an occasion of humility for those who are willing to use it to their advantage.” —St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, Step 15, Section 38
