Don't be deceived regarding the knowledge of what will be after your death: what you sow here, you will reap there. After leaving here, no one can make progress. Here is the work, there the reward; here the struggle, there the crowns.
(St. Barsanuphius the Great, Instructions, 606)
thanks to:
http://orthodox.cn/patristics/300sayings_en.htm
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