“This is the nature of love: to the extent that we are outside and do not love God, to the extent that each person is removed from his neighbor. If we love God, then as much as we approach God through love for Him, we are united by love with our neighbor; and the more we unite with our neighbor, the more we unite with God.”
“Do not demand love from your neighbor, for the one who demands it is embarrassed if he does not meet it; but it’s better that you yourself show love for your neighbor, and you will calm down, and in this way you will lead your neighbor to love.”
“Being passionate, we should not at all believe our heart; for a crooked rule also crooks a straight one.”
“It is not a great thing not to judge someone, or to have compassion for someone who is in sorrow and submits to you; but it is great not to judge someone who contradicts you, not to take revenge on him out of passion, not to agree with someone who condemns him, and to rejoice with the one who is preferred to you.”
Translated from Russian · source: wisdomlib.ru