“To be poor financially is in a way much easier than to be poor inwardly, to have no attachments.” – … More
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“When someone mortifies his passions by the ascetic life, a divine ray shines in his heart and banishes all thoughts … More
“A number of ascetic who disappeared into the desert achieved this purity, this perfection…They dissolved in tears before God…” – … More
“…Every kind of life, whether in the desert or in a community, when it is in accordance with the will … More
“…Every kind of life, whether in the desert or in a community, when it is in accordance with the will … More
“Just as in a corpse there are no natural desires whatever, so too there are none in a person who … More
“Just as in a corpse there are no natural desires whatever, so too there are none in a person who … More
“They said of Helladius that he lived twenty years in his cell, and did not once raise his eyes to … More
cassianus: The sorrow of the ascetic is not a hopeless sadness, but a hope-filled lament for all that is distant … More
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