"Not only should we observe moderation with food,……" — Dorotheus of Gaza
"Not only should we observe moderation with food, but we must also abstain from every other sin so that just as we fast with our stomach, we should fast with our tongue. Likewise, we should fast with our eyes; i.e. not look at agitating things, not allow your eyes freedom to roam, not to look shamelessly and without fear. Similarly, arms and legs should be restrained from doing any evil acts."
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Dorotheus of Gaza
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12 Quotes by Dorotheus of Gaza
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If you cannot be merciful, at least speak as though you are a sinner. If you are not a peacemaker,…
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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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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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More Abstain Quotes
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
— Saint Augustine
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When you doubt, abstain.
— Ambrose Bierce
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
— Ambrose Bierce
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And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper…
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It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from…
— Carre Otis
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Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of…
— George Washington
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"Judge not, that ye be not judge"... is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one…
— Ayn Rand
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We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no…
— John Randolph of Roanoke
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Pilate sentenced him due to fear, in accordance with the petition and intention of others. These people sentence him for…
— Bridget of Sweden
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If true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstain from flesh, foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality,…
— Seneca the Younger
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Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been…
— Henry David Thoreau
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