The true prisoner

“A prisoner of barbarians is bound in irons; a prisoner of the passions is bound with sadness.” Evagrius Pontus, On The 8 Thoughts, Chapter 5, Tract 8.

Let us see that slavery of the passions for what it truly is, slavery causing sadness.

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