"'As was said about Abbot Anthony, brethren, namely, that when he was visiting the whatever good he saw in each he set about to acquire for himself. From one he picked up self-control, from another humility,from another hard work, from another serenity. And so he was found to have in himself the good found in each of the others. This then is what we ought to do and why we ought to come together, and when we return to our cell let us examine ourselves and learn where we have been helped and: what good we have received. '"
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Dorotheus of Gaza
Dorotheus of Gaza (died c. 560/80) was a Christian monk and writer. He entered the famous monastery of Seridus where he became a disciple of the hermits Barsanuphius and John the Prophet. Later, he became a spiritual director himself and wrote various discourses on monastic life. His writings were widely disseminated across the Orthodox and later also the Catholic world.
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