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Infirmity. Continually reveal your weakness before God, and you will not be tempted by your enemies (fol. 2, p. 12). – Many, not recognizing their weakness, strayed into pride and fell into uncleanness and lasciviousness (f. 21, p. 108). – How does a person recognize his weakness? (fn. 37, pp. 157–158). – It often happens that a person is defeated and deposed in a fight, showing his powerlessness, and then suddenly becomes inspired and wins victory over his enemies (f. 47, pp. 204–205). – What is the benefit of knowing and always remembering your weakness? (fn. 57, p. 292; fn. 61, p. 333). – You should not believe in your own strength until you are tempted (fol. 57, p. 294). – Without allowing temptations, no one can feel their weakness (fol. 61, p. 333). – What spiritual benefits are born in a person from the knowledge of his own weakness? (f. 61, pp. 334–335). – What harm is it to force a weak body to do things beyond its strength, but to give a strong body to rest and idleness? (fn. 85, pp. 411–412). – Heartfelt sadness about weakness and powerlessness in bodily matters replaces all such matters (fol. 89, p. 419). – He who is weak in soul and corrects others is like a blind man showing the way to others (f. 89, p. 419). – The mind of some is capable of completely rising above weakness when the body is overwhelmed by temptations and sorrows (f. 91, p. 434). This index is based on the index appended to the works of St. Isaac the Syrian, published by Optina Pustyn in 1854. * “Ascetic words.” Reprint. Sergiev Posad. 1911. M.: “Rule of Faith”, 1998