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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.

— Marcus Eremita

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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.

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.

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