When a man knows that he is in need of Divine help, he makes many prayers. And by as much as he multiplies them, his heart is humbled, for there is no man who will not be humbled when he is making supplication and entreaty. “A heart that is broken and humbled, God will not despise.: There fore, as long as the heart is not humbled, it can not cease from wandering, for humility collects the heart.

  The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac of Syria 

Homily Eight