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Marcus Eremita Quotes

Marcus Eremita, Mark the Ascetic or Marcus the Ascetic was a Christian theologian, saint, and ascetic writer of the fifth century AD.

Also known as: Marcus the Ascetic, Mark the Ascetic, Saint Mark the Ascetic

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One man received a thought and accepted it without examination. Another received a thought and tested its truth. Which of them acted with greater reverence?

Love is the last of the virtues to be born in the heart, but it is the first in value.

Prayer is called a virtue, but in reality it is the mother of the virtues: for it gives birth to them through union with Christ.

Ignorance makes us reject what is beneficial; and when it becomes brazen it strengthens the hold of evil.

He who does not choose to suffer for the sake of truth will be chastened more painfully by suffering he has not chosen.

Evils reinforce each other; so do virtues, thus encouraging us to still greater efforts.

The devil belittles small sins; otherwise he cannot lead us into greater ones.

Concern yourself with your own sins and not with those of your neighbor; then the workplace of your intellect will not be robbed.

The intellect cannot be still unless the body is still also: and the wall between them cannot be demolished without stillness and prayer.

However great our virtuous actions of today, they do not requite but condemn our past negligence.

A passion which we allow to grow active within us through our own choice afterwards forces itself upon us against our will.

Many of us feel remorse for our sins, yet we gladly accept their causes.

I have seen unlearned men who were truly humble, and they became wiser than the wise.

Do not listen to talk about other people's sins. For through such listening the form of these sins is imprinted on you.

When you first become involved in something evil, don't say: 'It will not overpower me.' For to the extent that you are involved you have already been overpowered by it.

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