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“Ανέγνων, έγνων, κατέγνων.”
Ιουλιανός (331–363) said by 363 at the latest wikiquote:el, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I consider it absurd that we should permit our senses to sate themselves without hindrance with their own material food, but that we should exclude the mind alone from its own particular activity.”
Basil of Caesarea (329–379) said by 379 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abba Macarius said to Abba Zachariah: “Tell me, what is the task of the monk?” “You are asking me, father?” he said, and Abba Macarius said: “I have full confidence in you, Zachariah my son, for there is somebody inciting me to ask you.” Abba Zachariah said to him: “In my opinion, to constrain oneself in all things: that is being the monk.”
Zachariah the Recluse (301–399) said by 399 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Amma Sarah sent someone to say to Abba Paphnutius, 'Have you really done the work of God by letting your brother be despised?' and Abba Paphnutius said, 'Paphnutius is here with the intention of doing the work of God, and he has nothing to do with anyone else.'”
Paphnutius the Ascetic (350–350) said by 350 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we would despise the enemy, our thoughts must always be of God and our souls always glad with hope.”
Anthony the Great (251–357) said by 357 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(To the governor who asked for her hand in marriage) Can you expect me to renounce heaven and choose instead the dust of the earth?”
Margaret of Antioch (292–307) said by 307 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Go forth, my soul, why do you hesitate? You have served Christ nearly eighty years; do you still fear death?”
Hilarion (291–372) said by 372 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ταπείνωσον τον λογισμόν της υπερηφανείας, πριν η υπερηφάνια σε ταπεινώση.”
Εφραίμ ο Σύρος (306–373) said by 373 at the latest wikiquote:el, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abba John of the Thebaid said, 'First of all the monk must gain humility; for it is the first commandment of the Lord who said: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."' (Matt. 5.3)”
John of Egypt (305–394) said by 394 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is more important that we should remember God than that we should breathe.”
Gregory of Nazianzus (329–390) said by 390 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press: 2002), Oration 27
“Ὁ αὐτὸς ἀββᾶς Μακάριος͵ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ὢν͵ εὗ ρεν ἄνθρωπον ἔχοντα κτῆνος καὶ συλοῦντα τὰς χρείας αὐτοῦ· καὶ αὐτὸς ὡς ξένος παραστὰς τῷ συλοῦντι͵ συνεγέμου τὸ κτῆνος͵ καὶ μετὰ πολλῆς ἡσυχίας προέπεμπεν αὐτὸν͵ λέγων͵ ὅτι Οὐδὲν εἰσηνέγκαμεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον͵ δῆλον ὅτι οὐδὲ ἐξενεγκεῖν τι δυνάμεθα. Ὁ Κύριος ἔδωκεν· ὡς αὐτὸς ἠθέλη σεν͵ οὕτως καὶ ἐγένετο. Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ἐπὶ πᾶσιν”
Macarius of Egypt (300–391) said by 391 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Others do not understand how to wear the divine talismans at their belt, how to observe interdictions and precepts, how to meditate on the deities within themselves, and how to guard the True One (zheny): they can merely prevent internal ailments from arising and wind and humidity from hurting them.”
Ge Hong (284–364) said by 364 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unhappily, a love of walls has seized you; unhappily, the Church of God which you venerate exists in houses and buildings; unhappily, under these you find the name of peace. Is it doubtful that in these Antichrist will have his seat? Safer to me are mountains, and woods, and lakes, and dungeons, and whirlpools; since in these prophets, dwelling or immersed, did prophesy.”
Hilary of Poitiers (315–367) said by 367 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἐν τούτῳ νίκα, [transliterated: en toutoi nika]”
Constantine the Great (272–337) said by 337 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of Alexandria, the writer of the story of Leucippe and Cleitophon and other love stories in eight books. He became at last a Christian and a bishop. He wrote On the [Heavenly] Sphere, Etymologies, and Historical Miscellany, which mentions many great and admirable men. His style in all of these works is similar to [his style in] the love stories.”
Achilles Tatius (200–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the history of versification did anyone ever juggle so wildly well with iambics, sapphics, dactylics, anapestics, and all the rest? He fabricated verses most ingeniously, most enthusiastically. His virtuosity is amazing. Almost every line he wrote was a tour de force. And in spite of all this highly self-conscious technical facility he managed occasionally to write poetry.”
Ausonius (310–395) said by 395 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Edward Townsend Booth, God Made the Country (1946), p. 37.
“He [Apollonius of Perga] spent a very long time with the pupils of Euclid at Alexandria, and it was thus that he acquired such a scientific habit of thought.”
Pappus of Alexandria (290–350) said by 350 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nam qui hominem, quamuis ob merita damnatum, in conspectu suo iugulari pro uoluptate computat, conscientiam suam polluit, tam scilicet, quam si homicidii, quod fit occulte, spectator et particeps fiat.”
Lactantius (240–320) said by 320 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not judge your fellow man until you have come into his situation.”
Hillel the Younger (1000–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To distribute money belongs to the imperial dignity, but I offer up for the imperial dignity itself personal service to the Giver.”
Aelia Flaccilla (356–386) said by 386 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source