Drawing Near To God

Εἶπε πάλιν· Ὅσον ἐγγιζει ἄνθρωπος τῷ Θεῷ, τοσοῦτον ἁμαρτωλὸν ἑαυτὸν βλέπει. Ἡσαῗας γὰρ ὁ προφήτης ἰδὼν τὸν Θεὸν, τάλαν καὶ ἀκάθαρτον ἔλεγεν ἑαυτόν. Ἀποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος Source: Migne PG 65.289c

Again Father Matoes said: 'The more a man draws near to God, the more he sees himself to be a sinner. Isiaah the Prophet beholding God, names himself a wretch and defiled.' 1 Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia 1 Isaiah 6.5