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master your stomach before it masters you
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Saint John Climacus
step 14 : the Ladder of Divine Ascent: no. 17
lying : no small matter
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A lie is the destruction of LOVE, and a false oath is a denial of GOD.
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Saint John Climacus
step 12 : the Ladder of Divine Ascent: no. 2
on silence
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The friend of silence draws near to God and, by secretly conversing with Him, is enlightened by God.
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Saint John Climacus
step 11 : the Ladder of divine ascent: no. 5
practice love
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Fire and water are incompatible; and so is judging others in one who wants to repent.
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Saint John Climacus
step 10 : the Ladder of divine ascent: no. 8
the fragrance of humility
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As with the appearance of light, darkness retreats; so at the franfrancd of humility, all anger and bitterness retreats.
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Saint John Climacus
step 8 : the ladder of divine ascent: step 6
the heart you need
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afflictions will never cease, but God gives us the kind of heart we need, not to simply withstand them, but to profit by them.
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like a city under perpetual siege, the human heart will always be surrounded and under perpetual attack, but it will always have God as its defender
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elder Aemilianos of Simonopetra
the hope that is in you
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repentance is the daughter of hope and the renunciation of despair.
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Saint John Climacus
step 5 :: the ladder of divine ascent :: no. 1
our brother is our life
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Each person must bear the weaknesses of others.
Who is perfect?
Who can boast that he has kept his heart undefiled?
Hence we are all sick, and whoever condemns his brother does not perceive that he, himself, is sick, because a sick person does not condemn another sick person.
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Elder Ephraim of Philothoeu
the voice of the Church
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When Christians listen to the voice of the Church
and live according to its commands,
truly they have
peace
&
love
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Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
we should love one another
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The man who knows the delight of the love of God – when the soul warmed by Grace, loves both God and her brother- knows in part that ‘the kingdom of God is within us.’ Blessed is the soul that loves her brother, for our brother is our life.
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Saint Silouan
Wisdom from Mount Athos
on Love
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