Provide yourself with such work for your hands as can be done, if possible, both during the day and at night, so that you are not a burden to anyone, and indeed can give to others, as St. Paul the Apostle advises (cf. I Thess. 2:9; Eph. 4:28). In this manner you will overcome the demon of listlessness and drive away all the desires suggested by the enemy; for the demon of listlessness takes advantage of idleness. 'Every idle man is full of desires' (Prov. 13:4 LXX).
A man who worships in Spirit and Truth no longer honors the Creator because of His works, but praises Him because of Himself. - Evagrius Ponticus
A man who worships in Spirit and Truth no longer honors the Creator because of His works, but praises Him because of Himself.
- Evagrius Ponticus
... we should not worry about clothes or food? Such anxiety is a mark of? unbelievers, who reject the providence of the Lord and deny the Creator. An… - Evagrius Ponticus
... we should not worry about clothes or food? Such anxiety is a mark of? unbelievers, who reject the providence of the Lord and deny the Creator. An…
If you patiently accept what comes, you will always pray with joy. - Evagrius Ponticus
If you patiently accept what comes, you will always pray with joy.
Happy is the spirit that attains to the perfect formlessness at the time of prayer. - Evagrius Ponticus
Happy is the spirit that attains to the perfect formlessness at the time of prayer.
The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our intellect truly praying to Him, He ente… - Evagrius Ponticus
The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our intellect truly praying to Him, He ente…
He who has mastery over his incensive power has mastery also over the demons. But anyone who is a slave to it is a stranger to the ways of the Saviou… - Evagrius Ponticus
He who has mastery over his incensive power has mastery also over the demons. But anyone who is a slave to it is a stranger to the ways of the Saviou…
If your spirit still looks around at the time of prayer, then it does not yet pray as a monk. You are no better than a man of affairs engaged in a ki… - Evagrius Ponticus
If your spirit still looks around at the time of prayer, then it does not yet pray as a monk. You are no better than a man of affairs engaged in a ki…
God cannot be grasped by the mind. If he could be grasped, he would not be God. - Evagrius Ponticus
God cannot be grasped by the mind. If he could be grasped, he would not be God.
Remember how the Lord rebukes Martha when He says: 'You are anxious and troubled about many things: one thing alone is needful' (Lk. 10:41-42) ? to h… - Evagrius Ponticus
Remember how the Lord rebukes Martha when He says: 'You are anxious and troubled about many things: one thing alone is needful' (Lk. 10:41-42) ? to h…
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