“Once the abbot Macarius, after he had given the benediction to the brethren in the church at Scete, said to them, ‘Brethren, fly.’ One of the elders answered him, ‘How can we fly further than this, seeing we are here in the desert?’ Then Macarius placed his finger on his mouth and said, ‘Fly from this.’ So saying, he entered his cell and shut the door.”

– Sayings of the Desert Fathers