"Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden……" — Isaac of Nineveh
"Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths."
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Isaac of Nineveh
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20 Quotes by Isaac of Nineveh
Isaac of Nineveh has 20 quotes on this site.
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If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man…
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A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself…
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Behold, for years and generations, the way of God has been leveled by the cross and by death. How is…
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Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat…
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Be dead in life, and you will not live in death. Let your soul die strenuously, and not live in…
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There is love like a small lamp, which goes out when the oil is consumed; or like a stream which…
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Humility collects the soul into a single point by the power of silence. A truly humble man has no desire…
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As a handful of sand thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the…
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Just as a strongly flowing fountain is not blocked up by a handful of earth, so the compassion of the…
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Someone who bears a grudge while he prays is like a person who sows in the sea and expects to…
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The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men.
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Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to…
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More Depth Quotes
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one of 1,523 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The…
— Saint Augustine
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I am my heart's undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin,…
— Emilie Autumn
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The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the…
— Richard Bach
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
— Francis Bacon
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There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and…
— Ansel Adams
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No, I think the pitching today has more depth.
— Ernie Banks
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During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that…
— Ernie Banks
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The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in…
— Henry Adams
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and…
— Amelia Barr
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To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between…
— Hans Bender
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No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.
— Georges Bernanos
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