Thinking of Sin

Εἰπε πάλιν· Ἐαν μὴ ἄνθρωπος ἔχῃ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἁμαρτωλός ἐστιν, ὁ θεὸς οὺκ εἰσακοὺει αὐτοῦ. Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀδελφός· Τί ἐστιν, ἔχει ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ, ὅτι ἁμαρτωλός ἐστιν; Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ γέρων ὅτι, Εἴ τις βαστάζει τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ, οὐ Βλέπει τὰς τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ.  ᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Again Father Moses said, ' If a man does not have it in his heart that he is a sinner, God will not hear him.' A brother said, ' What is this, to have in one's heart that one is a sinner?' And the elder said, 'If a man bears the burden of his own sins, he does not see those of his neighbour.' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia