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With tears we sow seeds of prayer in the earth of the heart, hoping to reap the harvest in joy.

— Diadochos of Photiki On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480)

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Timely silence, then, is precious, for it is nothing less than the mother of the wisest thoughts.

On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480)

The perceptive faculty natural to our soul is single, but it is split into two distinct modes of operation as a result of Adam's disobedience.

On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480)

The eye of the soul cannot be led astray when its veil, by which I mean the body, is refined to near-transparency through self-control.

On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480)

Spiritual discourse always keeps the soul free from self-esteem, for it gives every part of the soul a sense of light, so that it no longer needs the praise of men.

On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480)

Whoever loves himself cannot love God.

On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480)

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