“Before you save anyone else, you have to save yourself. otherwise, you'rejust a bundle of tics, a stringed puppet manipulated by the chance and the insensible wind.”
“Same as what they taught you as a lifeguard- you have to save yourself before you can save anyone else. ”
“You must have faith in yourself before you have faith in anyone else.”
“Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!”
“Abba Marcius said, 'If you rebuke someone and do it with anger, you have allowed a passion to control you. You have not saved anyone and have destroyed yourself'.”
“Abba Macarius said, 'If you rebuke someone and do it with anger, you have allowed a passion to control you. You have not saved anyone and have destroyed yourself'.”