From the sayings ofSAINT MOSES THE BLACK about Humility

Abba Eupraxius used to say, "Humility is the tree of life which rises in the heights." He also said, "Make ‎yourself like the publican and don’t be guilty with the Pharisee. Choose the meekness of Moses so your heart, ‎which is as hard as steel, may change into a fountain of water."‎

A certain brother committed an offence in Scete, the camp of the monks, and when a congregation was assembled ‎on this matter, they sent after Abba Moses, but he refused to come; then they sent the priest of the church to him, ‎saying, "Come, for all the people are expecting you," and he rose up and came. He took a basket with a hole in it ‎and filled it with sand, and carried it upon his shoulders, and those who went out to meet him said unto him, "What ‎does this mean, O father?" And he said to them, "The sands are my sins which are running down behind me and I ‎cannot see them, and, even, have come to this day to judge shortcomings which are not mine." And when they heard ‎this they set free that brother and said nothing further to him.‎