Благодарение
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The gifts of God attract a person to a heart that is stirred to unceasing thanksgiving. Temptation is brought to the soul by a murmuring thought that is constantly stirred up in the heart. The Lord tolerates all sorts of human infirmities, but does not tolerate a person who always grumbles, and does not leave him without admonition. The soul, far from any illumination of knowledge, indulges in such (murmuring) thoughts. The lips that always give thanks receive blessings from God; and if the heart remains in gratitude, grace descends into it. Humility precedes grace; and conceit precedes punishment. He who is proud (in the Syriac text: “he who is proud of knowledge”) is allowed to fall into blasphemy, and he who exalts himself in the goodness of his deeds is allowed to fall into fornication, and he who exalts himself in his wisdom is allowed to fall into the dark nets of ignorance.