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Maximus the Confessor has 62 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible,…
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Only wonder can comprehend His incomprehensible power.
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Theology without practice is the theology of demons
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God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because…
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But I say to you, the Lord says, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who…
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Those who, animal-like, live solely according to the senses... misuse God's creation in order to indulge the passions. They do not understand…
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When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic practice and…
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If you expound the teaching of the Logos from the standpoint of the moral life, using materialistic words and examples which correspond…
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When we think of the height of God's infinity we should not despair of His compassion reaching us from such a height;…
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Those who seek the Lord should not look for Him outside themselves; on the contrary, they must seek Him within themselves through…
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Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from…
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He who busies himself with the sins of others, or judges his brother on suspicion, has not yet even begun to repent…
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When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
— Marcus Aurelius
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When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Let the churches preach doctrines, theories, philosophies to their hearts' content, but when it comes to worship, the real practical part of…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please…
— Walter Raleigh
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Pray that thy last days, and last works may be the best; and that when thou comest to die, thou mayest have…
— Vavasor Powell
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When thou diest, thy soul will be tormented alone; that will be a hell for it, but at the day of judgment…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Antiquity! thou wondrous charm, what art thou? that being nothing art everything? When thou wert, thou wert not antiquity - then thou…
— Charles Lamb
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O, beautiful rainbow; - all woven of light! There's not in thy tissue, one shadow of night; Heaven surely is open when…
— Sarah Josepha Hale
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When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
— William Blake
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When thou findest thyself scorning another, look then at thy own heart and laugh at thy folly.
— Sri Aurobindo
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O Lord, Thou knowest that which is best for us; let this or that be done, as Thou shalt please. Give what…
— Thomas a Kempis
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O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
— John Fletcher
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