You will sleep a little," I said. "You will slumber briefly. You will fold your hands a little, so as to rest.
Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.
Laziness sends one into a deep sleep, and a dissolute soul will go hungry.
Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.
When I had seen this, I laid it up in my heart, and by this example, I received discipline.
And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man."
Just as a door turns upon its hinges, so also does the lazy one turn upon his bed.
The foolish man folds his hands together, and he consumes his own flesh, saying:
And we know the present time, that now is the hour for us to rise up from sleep. For already our salvation is closer than when we first believed.
Because of this, it is said: "You who are sleeping: awaken, and rise up from the dead, and so shall the Christ enlighten you."