SO GOOD QUOTES

Do not seek advice from a man who does not lead a life similar to your own, even if he be very wise. Confide your thoughts to a man who, though he lack learning, has experience in spiritual things rather than to a learned philosopher who speaks on the basis of speculations, having no actual experience.

Follow the counsel of a man who knows how with patience to make a trial of things that demand discernment. Not everyone is able to give trustworthy advice, but only he who has governed himself well, who possesses knowledge gained from experience in all things, who does not love himself, and who does not shy away from calumnies.

—St. Isaac the Syrian