Remembrance of wrongs is the consummation, the logical endgame, of anger – the keeper of sin, the hatred of righteousness, the ruin of virtues, the poison of the soul, the worm of the mind, to be ashamed of prayer. You will know you have completely freed yourself of this rot, not when you pray for the person who offended you, not when you exchange presents with him, not when you invite him to your table, but only when, on hearing that he has fallen into bodily or spiritual misfortune, you suffer and weep for him as you would for yourself.
– St. John Climacus
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