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Isaac of Nineveh
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“In the measure that love for the flesh prevails in you,”
Isaac of Nineveh (640–700) said by 700 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is nothing so capable of banishing the inveterate habits of licentiousness from our soul,”
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“If the heart is not occupied with study,”
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“Be peaceful within yourself,”
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“The soul that loves God finds rest only in God.”
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“But what need is there to speak of the ascetics,”
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“Moreover, from time to time they [the angels] appeared to them to teach them how they ought to lead their lives.”
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“If you are truly merciful, do not grieve inwardly when you are unjustly deprived of something you possess,”
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“The man whose tongue is inclined to silence will acquire a humble discipline in all his habits”
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“O, how evil for hesychasts is the sight of men and intercourse with them!”
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“If you wish to hold fast to stillness,”
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“Abba Arsenius for God’s sake conversed with no one,”
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“The sweetness of prayer is one thing,”
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“On pure prayer:”
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“At this time (when we make our petitions and our supplications to God, and we speak with Him)”
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“Therefore, as I have said, one must not call this gift and grace spiritual prayer,”
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“Love is the offspring of knowledge of the truth which, as is commonly confessed, is given to all.”
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“Thus you will discover that the mind’s wings sprout up in the womb of chastity,”
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“As it is not possible to cross over the great ocean without a ship,”
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“Fire that has flared up in dry wood is difficult to put out,”
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“When a sailor voyages in the midst of the sea, he watches the stars,”
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“As grass and fire cannot co-exist in one place,”
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“True is the word of the Lord which declares”
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“Question Whence does a man perceive that he has attained to humility?”
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“Life in the world is like a manuscript of writings that is still in rough draft.”
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“The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregations of men.”
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“Let us then love stillness, my brethren,”
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“When the power of stillness overshadows you on account of prolonged abiding in your cell,”
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“Once an elder was asked, ‘What is repentance?’”
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“The whole length of the night is as the day to them,”
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“... how they departed and hid themselves in mountains, caves, and in solitary, secluded places,”
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“Hence He continually separated Himself for prayer, and not indiscriminately, but He chose the night for this, and as a place, the desert. Hereby [He taught] us to withdraw from all clamor and tumult, so that we could pray in stillness, as is proper.”
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“Prayer offered up at night possesses a great power, more than the prayer of the day-time. Therefore all the righteous prayed during the night, while combatting the heaviness of the body and the sweetness of sleep and repelling corporeal nature.”
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“But when his mind progresses in subtle reflection upon the world to come,”
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“Again he was asked, ‘How can a man acquire humility?’”
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“Just as presumption dissipates the soul through imaginings that distract her,”
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“A humble man is never pleased to see gatherings, confused crowds, tumult, shouts and cries, opulence, adornment, and luxury, the cause of insobriety;”
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“A humble man is never rash, hasty, or perturbed,”
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“Prayer does not consist only of the repeating ,”
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“Accordingly, as I have said above, when—”
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“The non-intellectual light is the light that belongs to the elements.”
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“The light of contemplation proceeds along”
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“Let the following prayer not cease from your heart night or day:”
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“Wonder of mind follows on from a solitary abode,”
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“What watering is to plants, exactly the same is continual silence for the growth of knowledge.”
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“The “noetic cloud” is the intellect that is smitten with wonder”
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“The aim of psalmody should be serene conversation with God”
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“The aim of contemplation of the world to come is to be seen in the coming into being of the holy angels—”
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“How feeble is the power of ink and the traces of the letters to indicate in writing the precise nature of action,”
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“Solitude lets us share in the divine Mind, and brings us close to limpidity of mind in a short time, without any hindrance.”
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