“I know full well that in the depths of the monasteries and in the silence of the cells, the compelling writings in defense of our Church are currently in the making… They take their time and, knowing what is required of such matter, they do their work with deep calm, in prayer and self-edification, driving out of their soul anything that is passionate, that resembles an ill timed, delirious fever, elevating their soul to the height of heavenly dispassion it was designed to have—all in order to be in a position to talk about such a subject…”
(Author Nikolai Gogol , ‘Selected Passages from Correspondence’)