Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their SELF - IMPOSED worship, their
FALSE humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.»
He sought after
false accusations and unjust reprimands as opportunities of
humility; and
such was his obedience that, when a room - mate, having no more paper, asked him for a sheet, he did not feel free to give it to him without first obtaining the permission of the superior, who, as
such, stood in the place of God, and transmitted his orders.