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Fight to escape from your own cleverness. If you do, then you will find salvation and uprightness through Jesus Christ our Lord.

John Climacus

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Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it.
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The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous.
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When you hear that your neighbor or friend has reproached you in your absence or presence, then show love and praise him.
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Those who submit to the Lord with simple heart will run the good race. If they keep their minds on a leash, they will not draw the wickedness of the demons onto themselves.
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Become aware of God, in whose presence you are while you pray . . . Then take a formula of prayer and recite it with perfect attention both to the words you are saying and to the Person to whom you are saying them.
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As fire does not give birth to snow, so those who seek honor here will not enjoy it in heaven... As those who climb a rotten ladder are in danger, so all honor, glory, and power are opposed to humility.
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It happens, I do not know how, that most of the proud never really discover their true selves. They think they have conquered their passions and they find out how poor they really are only after they die.
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Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness.
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Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons.
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The lover of silence draws close to God. He talks to Him in secret and God enlightens him.
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The friend of silence comes close to God.
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