"Anyone who truly wants to follow God must be free from the bonds of
attachment to this life. To do this we must make a complete break with
our old way of life. Indeed, unless we
avoid all obsession with the body and with the concerns of this world,
we shall never succeed in pleasing God. We must depart as it were to
another world in our way of thinking, as the Apostle said: 'Our
citizenship is in heaven'. "
-St. Basil the Great