"Cheerfulness consists in not regarding things as our……" — Symeon the New Theologian
"Cheerfulness consists in not regarding things as our own, but as entrusted to us by God for the benefit of our fellow-servants. It consists in scattering them abroad generously with joy and magnanimity, not reluctantly or under compulsion."
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Symeon the New Theologian
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26 Quotes by Symeon the New Theologian
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O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because…
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A person who suffers bitterly when slighted or insulted should recognize from this that he still harbors the ancient serpent…
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When a man walks in the fear of God he knows no fear, even if he were to be surrounded…
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To have faith in Christ means more than simply despising the delights of this life. It means we should bear…
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Provided they live a worthy life, both those who choose to dwell in the midst of noise and hubbub and…
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Through repentance the filth of our foul actions is washed away. After this, we participate in the Holy Spirit, not…
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When men search for God with their bodily eyes they find Him nowhere, for He is invisible. But for those…
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Unbelievers, those who believe with difficulty, or believe in part, are those who do not show their faith through works.…
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Let us flee from the deceit of life and its supposed happiness and run to Christ alone, who is the…
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Keep in mind God's precept that states, 'Judge not, and you will not be judged' (Lk. 6:37), and in no…
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'Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord' (Heb. 12:14),…
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When your soul is pricked by compunction and gradually changed, it becomes a fountain flowing with rivers of tears and…
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More Abroad Quotes
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long…
— Saint Augustine
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By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.
— Saint Augustine
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Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.
— Alec Baldwin
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America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
— John Quincy Adams
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It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are…
— Bhumibol Adulyadej
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I wish I could adjust my voice, but it's just what's happened to me. It's because I've lived abroad for…
— Bill Bryson
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Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.
— Samuel Butler
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The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a…
— Tucker Carlson
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Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly…
— William Ellery Channing
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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own…
— Winston Churchill
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Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to…
— Kofi Annan
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We should strengthen our immigration laws to prevent the importation of foreign wages and working conditions. We should make it…
— Edward Kennedy
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