"If you cannot be merciful, at least speak……" — Dorotheus of Gaza
"If you cannot be merciful, at least speak as though you are a sinner. If you are not a peacemaker, at least do not be a troublemaker. If you cannot be assiduous, at least in your thought be like a sluggard. If you are not victorious, do not exalt yourself over the vanquished. If you cannot close the mouth of a man who disparages his companion, at least refrain from joining him in this.- St. Isaac the Syrian"
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Dorotheus of Gaza
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12 Quotes by Dorotheus of Gaza
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Oh, Brethren, what is the result of pride? Oh, see what humility can do? What was the need for all…
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Again, after his fall, God gave him an occasion to repent and to receive mercy but he kept his stiff-neck…
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He answered, "The woman whom You gave to be with me" (Gen 3:9-12), he did not say, "the woman deceived…
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Then God came to the woman and said to her, "Why did you not keep the commandment?" as if He…
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Why did you act in this way, you pitiable ones? Make a bow of repentance, recognize your fault, be sorry…
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Conscience is called the adversary, because it always opposes our evil will; it reminds us of what we ought to…
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In the mercy of God, the little thing done with humility will enable us to be found in the same…
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Not only should we observe moderation with food, but we must also abstain from every other sin so that just…
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Virtues are in the middle, the royal way about which the saintly elder (Saint Basil the Great) said, "Travel on…
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Therefore, we know about God that He loves and shows pity on His creatures, and also that He is the…
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Imagine that the world is a circle, that God is the center, and that the radii are the different ways…
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The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by…
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Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought.
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The most assiduous task of parenting is to divine the difference between boundaries and bondage.
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By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of…
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Also, what mountains of dead ashes, wreck and burnt bones, does assiduous pedantry dig up from the past time and…
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In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of…
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All over the world today, not just in the totalitarian countries, assiduous functionaries in Ministries of Truth are clubbing history…
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The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.
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Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.
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we would understand much more about life’s complexities if we applied ourselves to an assiduous study of its contradictions, instead…
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