If a brother harms you and someone else slander him in front of you, guard your heart so that evil is not revived so that evil is not revived within you. Instead, remember your own sins before God and that you want Him to forgive you these, and "do not return evil" (Rom 12:17) against your neighbor.
If you are out with brothers who are unknown to you and there happen to be younger than you, give them the honor of priority. If you visit the house of a friend, allow the other precedence over you in everything, whether at the washing basin or at the dinner table. And do not give yourself priority because you are supposedly their guest, but allow them the honor, saying, "God has been merciful to me on account of you".
+Abba Isaiah of Scetis, from Ascetic Discourses, discourse 4.
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