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Acedia Quotes by Mishka
- Searching for a better description of this rotting sadness, I came upon the concept of acedia. In Christian theology, it’s an antecedent to sloth, the…
- Acedia is sorrow so complete that the flesh pervails completely over the spirit. You don't just turn your back on the world, you turn your…
More Acedia Quotes
- Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too. — Mignon McLaughlin
- Acedia is not in every dictionary; just in every heart. — Mignon McLaughlin
- In medieval times, if someone displayed the symptoms we now identify as boredom, that person was thought to be committing something called… — Richard Louv
- Searching for a better description of this rotting sadness, I came upon the concept of acedia. In Christian theology, it’s an antecedent… — Mishka
- Acedia is sorrow so complete that the flesh pervails completely over the spirit. You don't just turn your back on the world,… — Mishka
- Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and… — Adam Gopnik