“Once some robbers came into the monastery and said to one of the elders: “We have come to take away everything that is in your cell.” And he said: “My sons, take all you want.” So they took everything they could find in the cell and started off. But they left behind a little bag that was hidden in the cell. The elder picked it up and followed after them, crying out: “My sons, take this, you forgot it in the cell!” Amazed at the patience of the elder, they brought everything back into his cell and did penance, saying, “This one really is a man of God!””
–Thomas Merton, The Wisdom of the Desert, pg. 59
