The Benefits Of Ageing

Ἔλεγε πάλιν· Ὅτε ἤμην νεώτερος, ἔλεγον ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι, Τάχα τί ποτε ἐργάζομαι ἀγαθόν· νῦν δὲ ὡς ἐγήρασα, βλέπω ὅτι οὐκ ἔχω ἑν ἔργον καλὸν ἐν ἐμαυτῷ   Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος Source: Migne PG 65.289d

Again father Matoes said, 'When I was younger I said to myself, 'Perhaps I am doing some good,' but now that I am old I see that I do not have one good work in me.' Sayings of the Fathers, Palladius of Galatia