"Ascend, my brothers, ascend eagerly. Let your hearts'……" — John Climacus
"Ascend, my brothers, ascend eagerly. Let your hearts' resolve be to climb. Listen to the voice of the one who says: 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of our God' (Isa. 2:3), Who makes our feet to be like the feet of the deer, 'Who sets us on the high places, that we may be triumphant on His road' (Hab. 3:19)."
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John Climacus
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42 Quotes by John Climacus
John Climacus has 42 quotes on this site.
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A proud monk needs no demon. He has turned into one, an enemy to himself.
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It happens, I do not know how, that most of the proud never really discover their true selves. They think…
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An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible…
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A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of…
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The lover of silence draws close to God. He talks to Him in secret and God enlightens him.
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A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with…
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When a man has found the Lord, he no longer has to use words when he is praying, for the…
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Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it.
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The first stage of this tranquility consists in silencing the lips when the heart is excited. The second, in silencing…
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The friend of silence comes close to God. In secret he converses with him and receives his light.
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As fire does not give birth to snow, so those who seek honor here will not enjoy it in heaven...…
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Do not regard the feelings of a person who speaks to you about his neighbor disparagingly, but rather say to…
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By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we…
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An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible…
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When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.
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Without deductive logic science would be entirely useless. It is merely a barren game to ascend from the particular to…
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...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon…
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I have always felt that the first duty of a writer was to ascend - to make flights, carrying others…
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Unfortunately, nature is very much a now-you-see-it, now-you-don't affair. A fish flashes, then dissolves in the water before my eyes…
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God's greatest blessings often come costumed as disasters. Any doubters need to do nothing more than ascend the hill of…
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In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the…
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It is impossible that had Buonaparte descended from a race of vegetable feeders that he could have had either the…
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The majority of what calls itself Christianity today is a circus. You've got a bunch of people chasing health, wealth,…
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