Counter Cultural: One cannot be both a slave to popularity and a true servant of God

Selfishness is the cause of all sorts of evils.  From it come strife and rivalry.  From these come jealousy and contentiousness.  Out of this that love grows cool when we are in love with human glory and become enslaved to the honors of popularity.  One cannot be both a slave to popularity and a true servant of God.

- Saint John Chrysostom