Inclining to Virtue

Εἶπε πάλιν, ὅτι Πολλοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὀρέγονται μὲν ἀρετῆς, τὴν δὲ ἐπ' αὐτὴν φέρουσαν ὁδὸν ὀκνοῦσιν ἰέναι· ἄλλοι δὲ οὐδὲ ἀρετὴν εἶναι ἡγοῦνται. Χρὴ οὖν τοὺς μὲν πείσαι, τὸν ὄκνον ἀποθέσθαι· τοὺς δὲ διδάξαι ὅτι ὄντως ἀρετή ἐστιν ἡ ἀρετή. ᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Again Father Isidore of Pelusium said, 'Many men desire virtue, but some delay to set forth upon the way and others do not recognise virtue. One must, then, persuade some to be done with delay and teach others what virtue really is.' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia