Activity Quote by John Cassian

“Everything we do, our every objective, must be undertaken for the sake of... purity of heart... we must practice the reading of the Scripture, together with all the other virtuous activities... to hold our hearts free of the harm of every dangerous passion and in order to rise step by step to the high point of love.”

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...we should realize that there are three sources for our thoughts - God, the devil, and ourselves.

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...we must first scrutinize thoroughly anything appearing in our hearts or any saying suggested to us. Has it come purified from the divine and…

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“It is not an external enemy we dread. Our foe is shut up within ourselves. An internal warfare is daily waged by us.”

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