The whole world is but a cobweb in comparison to the Christian human soul; nothing in it is constant and sure; we cannot lean trustingly upon anything; everything breaks.
We must not cleave to anything with our heart except to the one God, Who has spread out this cobweb, and who supports it and gives it life.
To whatever you attach yourself, except of God, everything wounds and oppresses the heart, whilst entire attachment to Him alone is life-giving.
St John of Kronstadt
