Declining Company

Εἴπεν ὁ ἀββᾶς Μάρκος τῷ ἀββᾷ  Ἀρσενίῳ· Διατί φεύγεις ἡμᾶς; Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ γέρων· Ὁ Θεὸς οἴδεν, ὅτι ἀγαπῶ ὑμᾶς· ἀλλ' οὐ δύναμαι εἴναι μετὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ μετὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Αἱ ἄνω χιλιάδες καὶ μυριάδες ἔν θέλημα ἔχουσιν, οἱ δὲ ἄνθρωποι πολλὰ θελήματα ἔχουσιν. Οὐ δύναμαι οὖν ἀφεῖναι τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ ἐλεῖν μετὰ ἀνθρώπων. Ἀποφθεγματα Των Ἁγίων Γερόντων, Παλλαδιος Source: Migne PG 65.92a

Abba Mark said to Abba Arsenius, 'Why do you keep away from us?' The elder said to him, 'God knows that I love you, but I cannot live with God and with men. The thousands and ten thousands above have one will, while men have many. Thus I  cannot leave God and come among men.' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia