Care And Conscience

Πρόσχωμεν, μήπως οὐκ ἐκ καθαρότητος, ἀλλὰ περικακῆσαν ὥσπερ, τοῦ ἐλέγχειν τὸ συνειδὸς ἐπαύσατο. Σημεῖον τῆς ἐν πτώματι λύσεως, τὸ διὰ παντὸς χρεώστην λογίζεσθαι. Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος, Λόγος Ε'', ἡ Κλίμαξ Source: Migne PG 88.780b

We must take care lest our conscience has ceased to accuse us not because of our purity but because we are embroiled in wickedness. A sign of deliverance from sins is continual awareness of indebtedness. Saint John Climacus, from Step 5, The Ladder