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From Quotes by John Climacus
- An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by…
- A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of those who have made progress…
- Fight to escape from your own cleverness. If you do, then you will find salvation and uprightness through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgment of others with the desire to repent. If a man commits a sin before…
- You wish, or rather, have decided, to remove a splinter from someone? Very well, but do not go after it with a stick instead of…
- Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without…
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