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title: "2 Cfs Quotes By John of Damascus"
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> [Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the poor; anger by goodwill and love for all men; worldly dejection by spiritual joy; listlessness by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/gluttony-should-be-destroyed-by-self-control-unchastity-by-desire-for/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

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> [Our Lord humbled without humiliation His lofty station which yet could not be humbled, and condescends to His servants, with a condescension ineffable and incomprehensible. God being perfect becomes perfect man, and brings to perfection the newest of all new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/our-lord-humbled-without-humiliation-his-lofty-station-which-yet/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

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## Other authors on Cfs

## More by John of Damascus

> [Christ sits in the body at the right hand of God the Father, but we do not hold that the right hand of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/christ-sits-in-the-body-at-the-right-hand-of-god-the-father-but-we-do/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/gluttony-should-be-destroyed-by-self-control-unchastity-by-desire-for/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [Think of the Father as a spring of life begetting the Son like a river and the Holy Ghost like a sea, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/think-of-the-father-as-a-spring-of-life-begetting-the-son-like-a/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [All who ask receive, those who seek find, and to those who knock it shall be opened. Therefore, let us knock at the beautiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/all-who-ask-receive-those-who-seek-find-and-to-those-who-knock-it/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [...we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to the inclinations of men who aim at exciting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/we-shall-incur-no-slight-injury-but-rather-great-danger-if-we-rashly/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/the-whole-earth-is-a-living-icon-of-the-face-of-god/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [He who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/he-who-does-not-believe-according-to-the-tradition-of-the-catholic/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God. ... I do not worship matter. I worship the Creator of matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/the-whole-earth-is-a-living-icon-of-the-face-of-god-i-do-not-worship/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [All we know if an angel is that it is incorporeal, immaterial, and only by comparing it with God-who is incomparable-can we see that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/all-we-know-if-an-angel-is-that-it-is-incorporeal-immaterial-and-only/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [“But this is what leads the heretics astray: that they look upon nature and person as the same thing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/but-this-is-what-leads-the-heretics-astray-that-they-look-upon-nature/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [And all that is therein; Invisible and visible, Their notes let all things blend, For Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/and-all-that-is-therein-invisible-and-visible-their-notes-let-all/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [I do not worship matter, I worship the God of matter, who became matter for my sake and deigned to inhabit matter, who worked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/i-do-not-worship-matter-i-worship-the-god-of-matter-who-became-matter/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [If a pagan asks you to show him your faith, take him into church and place him before the icons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/if-a-pagan-asks-you-to-show-him-your-faith-take-him-into-church-and/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [O Mother of God! If I place my confidence in thee, I shall be saved; if I am under thy protection, I have nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/o-mother-of-god-if-i-place-my-confidence-in-thee-i-shall-be-saved-if/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

> [The day of the Nativity of the Mother of God is a day of universal joy, because through the Mother of God, the entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-damascus/the-day-of-the-nativity-of-the-mother-of-god-is-a-day-of-universal/)

[John of Damascus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-damascus/)

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