HUMILITY
AND EXORCISM

Neither asceticism, nor vigils nor any kind of suffering are able to save, only true humility can do that.

There was an anchorite (hermit) who was able to banish demons; and he asked them:

Hermit: What makes you go away? Is it fasting?

The demons: We do not eat or drink.

Hermit: Is it vigils?

The demons: We do not sleep.

Hermit: Is it separation from the world?

The demons: We live in the deserts.

Hermit: What power sends you away then?

The demons: Nothing can overcome us, but only humility.

Amma Theodora