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- The growth of trees and plants takes place so slowly that it is not easily seen. Daily we notice little change. But,… — John Owen
- It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house… — Thomas Brooks
- If you keep the law of God, you are not described in Scripture as a pinched legalist, but rather as happy (Prov.… — Douglas Wilson
- While He [the Lord Jesus] was sitting alone by the well, 'There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water' (John 4:7).… — Gregory Palamas
- Holy love has a way of consuming some. This is what is meant by the one who said, 'You have ravished our… — John Climacus
- ... do not listen to vain and empty talk, in which the majority of world-loving people spend their time, and do not… — Lorenzo Scupoli
- ... a Christian is quite certain to fall into the same sins which he condemns in another with merciless and inhuman severity,… — John Cassian
- ... where Solomon says that 'Wisdom has built herself a house' (Prov. 9:1), he refers darkly in these words to the preparation… — Gregory of Nyssa
- When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic practice and… — Maximus the Confessor
- 'The long-suffering man abounds in understanding' (Prov. 14:29), because he endures everything to the end and, while awaiting that end, patiently bears… — Maximus the Confessor
- Provide yourself with such work for your hands as can be done, if possible, both during the day and at night, so… — Evagrius Ponticus
- Virtues are in the middle, the royal way about which the saintly elder (Saint Basil the Great) said, "Travel on the royal… — Dorotheus of Gaza