"Obedience is the burial of the will and……" — John Climacus
"Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility."
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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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More Burial Quotes
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
— Seneca the Younger
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Placed as the fossils are in their several tiers of burial-places the one over the other; we have in them…
— Roderick Murchison
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Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial.
— Seneca the Younger
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On Easter or Christmas Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist…
— Barack Obama
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Having always observed that most of them who constantly took in the weekly Bills of Mortality made little other use…
— John Graunt
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... knowledge must continually be renewed by ceaseless effort, if it is not to be lost. It resembles a statue…
— Albert Einstein
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Cry "havoc!" and let loose the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion…
— William Shakespeare
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As president, Clinton sold burial plots in Arlington Cemetery and liberals shrugged it off. What really gets their goat is…
— Ann Coulter
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Everything ends this way in France — everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs — everything is a pretext…
— Jean Anouilh
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Our suicidal poets (Plath, Berryman, Lowell, Jarrell, et al.) spent too much of their lives inside rooms and classrooms when…
— Edward Abbey
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"Who is secure in all his basic needs? Who has work, spiritual care, medical care, housing, food, occasional entertainment, free…
— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
— Alfred Hitchcock
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