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In the first book of Theological Mysteries, chapter 55.

On the Acquisition of Virtues

Virtue is closed to no one; it lies open to all; It invites all; admits all. It does not collect the master, nor wealth; It is content with the bare human. But as Cassian says in the Collationes Patrum, a person seeking to be so divided from passions that he is willing to bear the pains of martyrdom; without which the desire of the spirit cannot be possessed.