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title: "2 Cfs Quotes By Evagrius Ponticus"
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> [... we should not worry about clothes or food? Such anxiety is a mark of? unbelievers, who reject the providence of the Lord and deny the Creator. An attitude of this kind is entirely wrong for Christians who believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/we-should-not-worry-about-clothes-or-food-such-anxiety-is-a-mark-of/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

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> [Provide yourself with such work for your hands as can be done, if possible, both during the day and at night, so that you are not a burden to anyone, and indeed can give to others, as St. Paul the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/provide-yourself-with-such-work-for-your-hands-as-can-be-done-if/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

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## Other authors on Cfs

## More by Evagrius Ponticus

> [If your spirit still looks around at the time of prayer, then it does not yet pray as a monk. You are no better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/if-your-spirit-still-looks-around-at-the-time-of-prayer-then-it-does/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [God cannot be grasped by the mind. If he could be grasped, he would not be God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/god-cannot-be-grasped-by-the-mind-if-he-could-be-grasped-he-would-not/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [Happy is the spirit that attains to the perfect formlessness at the time of prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/happy-is-the-spirit-that-attains-to-the-perfect-formlessness-at-the/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [... we should not worry about clothes or food? Such anxiety is a mark of? unbelievers, who reject the providence of the Lord and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/we-should-not-worry-about-clothes-or-food-such-anxiety-is-a-mark-of/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our intellect truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/the-holy-spirit-out-of-compassion-for-our-weakness-comes-to-us-even/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [Blessed is the one who has arrived at infinite ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/blessed-is-the-one-who-has-arrived-at-infinite-ignorance/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [Provide yourself with such work for your hands as can be done, if possible, both during the day and at night, so that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/provide-yourself-with-such-work-for-your-hands-as-can-be-done-if/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/a-monk-is-a-man-who-considers-himself-one-with-all-men-because-he/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [Prayer is the fruit of joy and thankfulness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/prayer-is-the-fruit-of-joy-and-thankfulness/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [Prayer is the laying aside of thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/prayer-is-the-laying-aside-of-thoughts/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [Remember how the Lord rebukes Martha when He says: 'You are anxious and troubled about many things: one thing alone is needful' (Lk. 10:41-42)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/remember-how-the-lord-rebukes-martha-when-he-says-you-are-anxious-and/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [He who has mastery over his incensive power has mastery also over the demons. But anyone who is a slave to it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/he-who-has-mastery-over-his-incensive-power-has-mastery-also-over-the/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [“knock on the door of scripture with the hands of the virtues.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/knock-on-the-door-of-scripture-with-the-hands-of-the-virtues/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [Do not be troubled if you do not immediately receive from God what you ask Him; for He desires to do something even greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/do-not-be-troubled-if-you-do-not-immediately-receive-from-god-what/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

> [The further the soul advances, the greater are the adversaries against which it must contend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evagrius-ponticus/the-further-the-soul-advances-the-greater-are-the-adversaries-against/)

[Evagrius Ponticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evagrius-ponticus/)

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