The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks - 15. Humility (5/9/89)

Some demons once came near Arsenius in his cell, and they were troubling him. Then some brothers who usually ministered to him arrived. As they stood outside the cell, they heard him crying aloud to the Lord, 'Lord, do not leave me, though I have done nothing good in your sight. Grant me, Lord, by your loving kindness, to make at least the first beginnings of good.'