Enemies And Good Deeds

Παρὰ μὲν ἀνθρώποις ἵσον εἶναι δοκεῖ τὸ εὐεργέτας μὴ ἀμείβεσθαι, καὶ ἐχθροὺς μὴ ἀμύνεσθαι. Παρὰ δὲ τῇ Θείᾳ φιλοσοφίᾳ τὸ μὲν ἀμείβεσθαι τοὺς εὐεργέτας κρατεῖ· τὸ δὲ ἀμύνεσθαι τοὺς ἐχθροὺς οὐχί· ἀλλὰ παντὶ μὲν τρόπῳ τὸ ἀνεξικακεῖν, εἰ δ' οἶόν τε, καὶ εὐεργετεῖν. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Ἐπιστολὴ, Θεοδοσιῳ Πρεσβυτερῳ

Among men its seems that equally good deeds are not returned and enemies not forgotten. But as for the Divine Philosophy good deeds are diligently returned and there is no remembrance of enemies, for in every place it endures evil and, if possible, does good. Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Letter to Theodosius the Presbyter