Endure Quote by John Climacus Download Open image “Simplicity is an enduring habit within a soul that has grown impervious to evil thoughts.” — John Climacus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Endure Evil Evil thoughts Habit Habits Impervious Simple Simple living Simplicity Soul
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Simplicity is the straightforwardness of a soul which refuses itself any reaction with regard to itself or its deeds. This virtue differs from and… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
Simplicity means to feel such a sense of kinship with others that we choose to live simply so that others may simply live. — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
The essence of voluntary simplicity is living in a way what is outwardly simple and inwardly rich. — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Simplicity is oftenest an adroit pretence. — Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles Copy Share Image
Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
When people begin to praise us, let us hurry to remember the multitude of ours transgressions, and we will see that we are truly… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
He does not show humility who accuses himself (for who will not accept rebukes from himself?), but he who, being rebuked by another, does… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness. — John Climacus Copy Share Image
A discerning man, when he eats grapes, takes only the ripe ones and leaves the sour. Thus also the discerning mind carefully marks the… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Do not stop praying as long as, by God's grace, the fire and the water have not been exhausted, for it may happen that… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Holy love has a way of consuming some. This is what is meant by the one who said, 'You have ravished our hearts' (Sg.… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
The first stage of this tranquility consists in silencing the lips when the heart is excited. The second, in silencing the mind when the… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Someone who is elated with wine speaks the truth on all subjects, even without meaning to. In the same way, anyone who is inebriated… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
It can happen that when we are at prayer some brothers come to see us. Then we have to choose either to interrupt our… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
When a man has found the Lord, he no longer has to use words when he is praying, for the Spirit Himself will intercede… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility. — John Climacus Copy Share Image
So many things beat upon us in a lifetime that simply enduring may seem almost beyond us… But the test a loving God has… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy. — Fernando Henrique Cardoso Copy Share Image
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
There are many who say they want to be victorious Christians, but few are willing to endure the discipline necessary to make one a… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image