"If [after falling] he yields to anger and despairs of advancing on the way of virtue, it is evident that he placed his confidence in himself and not in God. The greater the anxiety and despondence, the greater is the certainty of his guilt." --Dom Lorenzo Scupoli
If you despair after you fall and find yourself upset and confused, be confused no more. You relied on your own strength and forgot what you are: dust, and to dust you will return.
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