A brother once came to Sisois on the mountain of Antony, and as they were talking he said to Sisois, ‘Have you reached the stature of Antony yet, abba?’ He answered, ‘If I had a single thought like Antony, I should leap toward heaven like a flame. But I know myself to be someone who can only with an effort keep his thoughts in check.’

– Sayings of the Desert Fathers