8 surviving letters between Isidore of Pelusium and Maron, spanning c. 395–434.
Why did you choose the narrow way and make vows to God, only to walk the broad road that leads to death?
If you care nothing for hell and nothing for the kingdom of heaven — if neither threat nor promise moves you — then...
Your former transgression, Maron, has become a ready pretext for the present one.
You seem to be ignorant of how great a joy the untroubled life contains.
I would gladly ask you this, Maron: why is your war against virtue an unrelenting and unproclaimed one — a war waged...
The priesthood is a sacred trust, not a career.
Wealth is a tool, not a treasure.
Virtue must be practiced with all one's strength — not merely admired from a distance.