Hope And Liberation

Ὁ τὰ ἐνεστῶα θλιβερὰ προδοκίᾳ τῶν μεταγενεστέρων ἀγαθῶν προσδεχόμενος γνῶσιν ἀληθείας εὕρηκε, καὶ ὀργῆς καὶ λύπης ταχέως ἀπαλλαγήσεται. Ἅγιος Μάρκος ὁ Ἐρημίτης, Περὶ Τῶν Οἰομένων Ἐξ Ἔργων Δικαιοῦσθαι Source:  Migne PG 65.953d

He who is prepared for grievous troubles in the hope of goods to come has discovered the knowledge of truth, and he is swiftly delivered both from anger and sorrow. Saint Mark The Ascetic, from On Those Who Think Themselves Justified By Works