"There is love like a small lamp, which……" — Isaac of Nineveh
"There is love like a small lamp, which goes out when the oil is consumed; or like a stream which dries up when it doesn't rain. But there is a love that is like a mighty spring gushing up out of the earth; it keeps flowing forever, and is inexhaustible."
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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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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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Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths.
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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 Consumed Quotes
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What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten,…
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Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.
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I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.
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You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes, basically. I go back and…
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The Labour Party has become consumed by collective bile towards... the Liberal Democrats. That portrays a rather nasty arrogance.
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As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
— Antisthenes
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We should not open our mouths too hastily upon approaching God. On the contrary, we first must ask God to…
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When the hater's fire singes the hated, the hater has already been consumed.
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It's actually a rare and precious thing to discover what it is you love to do, and I encourage you…
— Jonathan Ive
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We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really…
— John Owen
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To love God means to surrender, to trust, to be ready to die into Him, because dying in God is…
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