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First pray for the gift of tears, so that through sorrowing you may tame what is savage in your soul. And having confessed your transgressions to the Lord, you will obtain forgiveness from Him.

— Evagrius Ponticus

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In the whole range of evil thoughts, none is richer in resources than self-esteem.

Do not desire wealth for giving to the poor.

Blessed is the one who has reached the knowledge that cannot be abolished (beyond what cannot be, it cannot be gone).

Just as it is possible to think of water both while thirsty and while not thirsty, so it is possible to think of gold with greed and without greed. The same applies to other things.

The mind cannot see the place of God within itself, unless it has transcended all the mental representations associated with objects.

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