Now, there was an anchorite called Timothy in a coenobium. The abbot, having heard of a brother who was being tempted, asked Timothy about him, and t…

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Teach the mouth to say what you have in your heart.

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An old man said, We are not condemned because of our thoughts that enter us, but because we use our thoughts badly; our thoughts can cause us either …

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There is no greater love than that a man lays down his life for his neighbor. When you hear someone complaining and you struggle with yourself and do…

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As far as you can, do some manual work so as to be able to give alms, for it is written that alms and faith purify from sin.

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Will not God, who has commanded men to act thus, do as much himself and even more? For God commanded Peter to forgive till seventy times seven.

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Do not give your heart to that which does not satisfy your heart.

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The beginning of evil is heedlessness.

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If a monk can overcome two things, he can become free from the world. Bodily ease and vain-glory.

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