"It is far better to be happy than……" — Clement of Alexandria
"It is far better to be happy than to have your bodies act as graveyards for animals. Accordingly, the apostle [St.] Matthew partook of seeds, nuts and vegetables, without meat."
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34 Quotes by Clement of Alexandria
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The Lord ate from a common bowl, and asked the disciples to sit on the grass. He washed their feet,…
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Prayer that runs its course till the last day of life needs a strong and tranquil soul.
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For, in truth, an image is only dead matter shaped by the craftsman's hand. But we have no sensible image…
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But it is with a different kind of spell that art deludes you ... it leads you to pay religious…
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The law itself exhibits justice and teaches wisdom by abstinence from sensible images and by calling out to the Maker…
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He who prohibited the making of a graven image would never himself have made an image in the likeness of…
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Now the images and temples constructed by mechanics are made of inert matter, so that they too are inert, material,…
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The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.
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It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works.
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When you see your brother, you see God.
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Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice…
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All our life is like a day of celebration for us; we are convinced, in fact, that God is always…
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