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Christianity is not a system of philosophy, nor is it established solely on the knowledge of man, but also upon volition and conscience, because the origin of Christianity is not simply the formation of the spirit, but the moulding of the heart.

— Nectarios of Aegina

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The manic lover does not love his beloved as much as God loves the repentant soul.

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The aesthetic nature is unfree because it is moved by something else and does not move according to its own will.

The divine law was written on the heart of man because God formed his heart to be the seat of the love of the good.

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