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> [One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/one-cannot-possibly-understand-the-teaching-of-the-saints-unless-one/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

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## More by Athanasius

> [The Son of God became man so that we might become God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/the-son-of-god-became-man-so-that-we-might-become-god/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

> [“He became what we are so that he might make us what he is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/he-became-what-we-are-so-that-he-might-make-us-what-he-is/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

> [“It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/it-is-a-good-rule-after-reading-a-new-book-never-to-allow-yourself/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

> [Anyone who wants to look at sunlight naturally wipes his eye clear first, in order to make, at any rate, some approximation to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/anyone-who-wants-to-look-at-sunlight-naturally-wipes-his-eye-clear/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

> [One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/one-cannot-possibly-understand-the-teaching-of-the-saints-unless-one/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

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