Macarius the Great (sayings recorded between 4th and 6th century)
“Like the dead, take no account of either the scorn of men or their praises, and you can be saved.”
- Quote attributed to the 4th-century Egyptian ascetic, Macarius the Great, in Sayings of the Desert Fathers, edited and translated by Sister Benedicta Ward, Cistercian Studies, 1975.
