Avarice, or love of money, is the worship of idols, a daughter of unbelief, an excuse for infirmaries, a forboder of old age, a harbinger of drought, a herald of famines.
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Saint John Climacus
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step 16 : the ladder of divine ascent: no. 2
purity
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Chastity is the name which is common to all virtues.
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Saint John Climacus
step 15 : the ladder of divine ascent: no. 3
singing melodies
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for lovers of God are moved to gladness, to divine love and to tears both by worldly and spiritual songs
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Saint John Climacus
step 15 : the ladder of divine ascent: no. 61
satiety
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By stinting the stomach the heart is humbled +
stint your stomach and you will certainly lock your mouth
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Saint John Climacus
step 14 : the Ladder of Divine Ascent: no. 22 and 24
before it masters you
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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
stripped of guile
A babe knows nothing of lying, neither does a soul that has been stripped of guile.
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Saint John Climacus
step 12 : the ladder of divine ascent : no. 13
on falsehood
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Hypocrisy is the mother of lying and often it’s occassion.
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Saint John Climacus
step 12 : the ladder of divine ascent: no. 6
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
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