"If you make provision for the desires of……" — Maximus the Confessor
"If you make provision for the desires of the flesh and bear a grudge against your neighbor on account of something transitory, you worship the creature instead of the Creator."
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Maximus the Confessor
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62 Quotes by Maximus the Confessor
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When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic…
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