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Barsanuphius Quotes

d. 545 Egypt

Barsanuphius (died c. 545), was a Christian hermit and writer of Egyptian origin in the sixth century who is venerated as a saint by various Christian churches. While he was living as a hermit close to Gaza at the monastery of Seridus, he became a famous spiritual director with many disciples (such as Dorotheus of Gaza) who asked him for his guidance.

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Humility means not reckoning oneself as anything in every situation and cutting off one’s own will in everything and calmly enduring whatever occurs externally.

Be vigilant in attending to yourself, … that you may set God before you at all times.

The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity (2012)

And as for the conversation, when you see yourself almost theologizing, remember that silence is more admirable and more glorious than that.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Barsanuphius (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.