The acme of faith is... immersion of the mind in God.

... Do not let the deeds and thoughts of other people confuse you; let them not prompt you to do or say anything evil!

Only when we rid ourselves of passions and lust and put the desires of flesh under the control of Spi­rit, only then we accept the cross and follow Christ. And "withdrawal from the world" is nothing but the destruction of passions and manifestation of the innermost life in Christ.

The acme of humbleness is to forget unfalteringly good deeds of oneself.

The acme of freedom from wealth is to desire to be possessionless even as others desire to possess.

If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people.

And "withdrawal from the world" is nothing but the destruction of passions and manifestation of the innermost life in Christ.