SO GOOD QUOTES

And again he advises: ‘When the spirit of acedia arises in you, do not quit the house or evade the struggle.’ St John Cassian similarly advises that one must fight against the spirit of acedia so that one is not ‘driven out from the bulwark of the monastery and depart in flight, even for a seemingly pious reason.’

“…and gets in the habit of finding its consolation in the face of this onslaught by visiting a brother, although it will be all the more painfully vulnerable not long after.”

Mental Disorders & Spiritual Healing: Teachings from the Early Christian East
Jean-Claude Larchet