St John of Kronstadt: The human soul is a free power...

The human soul is a free power, for it can become either a power for good or evil, according to the direction which you yourself give it....

O unspeakably Good One, fill my heart with Thy goodness! 
But above all, I pray Thee, grant that I may love Thee with all my heart and my neighbor as myself. 

Grant that I may be neither malicious, proud, presumptuous, nor disobedient, but grant that I may be gentle, humble, tenderly respectful, and obedient. Amen.

St John of Kronstadt