SO GOOD QUOTES

A desert hunter saw Abba Antony having fun with the brothers. He was shocked and expressed his dismay because of their frivolity. The old man said to the hunter, “Put an arrow in your bow and shoot it.” When he did so, Antony said, “Now shoot another.” Again, the hunter complied.

Then the old man asked him to shoot a third arrow.  The hunter hesitated. “If I bend my bow too many times, I will weaken and break it.”

Antony said to him, “It is the same with God’s work. If we stretch the brothers beyond measure, they will weaken and break.”

By Way of the Desert: 365 Daily Readings