The monk renounces the world because he loves the world. He does not hate the world. He does not renounce the world because he is arrogant and wants only to save his own soul. It is because he loves the world that he stays away from the world's parasites in order to attain a better communication with the Lord. (Paisios of Mount Athos)

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