"Abba Sisoes asked Abba Or, "Give me a word," and he said to him, "Do you trust me?" He replied that he did. Then he said to him, "Go, and what you have seen me do, do also." Abba Sisoes said to him, "Father, what have I seen you do?" The old man said, "In my own opinion, I put myself below all men." It was said of Abba Or and Abba Theodore, that they laid good foundations, and at all times gave thanks to God."