Peace and Affliction

Εἶπε πάλιν, ὅτι ὁ ἀββᾶς Ἰσίδωρος ὁ πρεσβύτερος τῆς Σκήτεως ἐλάλησέ ποτε τῷ λαῷ, λέγων· Ἀδελφοὶ, οὐχὶ ἔνεκεν κόπου ἤλθομεν εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον; Καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἔτι ἔχει κόπον. Ἐγὼ οὖν σκευάσας τὴν μηλωτήν μου ἀπέρχομαι ὄπου ἐστι κόπος, καὶ ἐκεῖ εὑρίσκω ἀνάπαυσιν. Ἀποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Again Father Poemen said that Father Isidore, the priest of Scetis, once spoke to the people saying, 'Brothers, is it not in order to endure affliction that we have come to this place? And now it is no longer a place of affliction. Thus having made ready my sheepskin I am going where there is affliction, and there I shall find peace.' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia