Evagrius Ponticus Quotes

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• The further the soul advances, the greater are the adversaries against which it must contend.
• Do not be troubled if you do not immediately receive from God what you ask Him; for He desires to do something even greater for…
• A man who worships in Spirit and Truth no longer honors the Creator because of His works, but praises Him because of Himself.
• If your spirit still looks around at the time of prayer, then it does not yet pray as a monk. You are no better than…
• A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man.
• Blessed is the one who has arrived at infinite ignorance.
• Prayer is the laying aside of thoughts.
• Prayer is the fruit of joy and thankfulness.
• If you patiently accept what comes, you will always pray with joy.
• 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) ?…
• The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our intellect truly praying…
• ... we should not worry about clothes or food? Such anxiety is a mark of? unbelievers, who reject the providence of the Lord and deny…
• 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…
• He who has mastery over his incensive power has mastery also over the demons. But anyone who is a slave to it is a stranger…

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