How to Earn a Greater Name

Ὁ ἀββᾶς Ἀμμοῦν ὁ Νιτριώτης παρέβαλε τῷ ἀββᾷ Ἀντωνίῳ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, ὅτι Ἐγὼ πλείονα σου κοπον ἐχω, καὶ πῶς τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐμεγαλύθη ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὑπέρ ἐμέ; Λέγει αὐτῳ ὁ ἀββᾶς Ἀντώνιος· Ἐπειδὴ ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ τὸν Θεὸν ὑπερ σέ.  ᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Father Ammon of the Nitrian Desert came to Father Anthony and said to him, 'I have had greater struggles than you, so how is it that your name is greater among men than mine?' Father Anthony said to him, 'Because I love God more than you.' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia