Doe Quotes by Maximus the Confessor

9 Doe quotes by Maximus the Confessor

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Maximus’s theological reflections can be dense, yet these nine snippets show how he weaves the image of a 'Doe' into discussions of humility and divine order. They offer a concise taste of his mystic, ascetic voice.

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Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light of spiritual…

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Whoever sees in himself the traces of hatred toward any man on account of any kind of sin is completely foreign to…

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The person who truly wishes to be healed is he who does not refuse treatment. This treatment consists of the pain and…

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The mind of a man that loves God does not fight against things or thoughts about them, but against the passions that…

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If you are remembering evil against someone, then pray for him; and as you remove through prayer the pain of the remembrance…

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He who asks to receive his daily bread does not automatically receive it in its fullness as it is in itself: he…

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Just as the teaching of the Law and the prophets, being harbingers of the coming advent of the Logos in the flesh,…

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A soul that is nurtured by hatred toward man can not be at peace with God, Who has said: If you forgive…

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When our intellect has shaken off its many opinions about created things, then the inner principle of truth appears clearly to it,…

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Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from it. So…

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Unclean spirits increase the passions in us, making use of our negligence, and inciting them. But the angels decrease our passions, inciting us to…

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For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or another's, or…

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Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired.

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A Christian receives divine wisdom in three ways: by the commandments, teachings, and faith. The commandments free the mind from passions. Teachings lead it…

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As we have borne the image of the earthy, let us also bear the image of the heavenly

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'The long-suffering man abounds in understanding' (Prov. 14:29), because he endures everything to the end and, while awaiting that end, patiently bears his distress.…

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