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“...we must never do anything that, in our opinion, may upset or offend, whether it be our acts, our words, our attitudes or our expressions. I repeat, even a look can be offensive. Every time we know we are behaving with the intentìon of hurting or making another feel bad, we defile our conscience because we are aware of this intention.”
― Dorotheus of Gaza, Drinking from the Hidden Fountain: A Patristic Breviary. Ancient Wisdom for Today's World (Cistercian Studies Series)

“...there is always work to be done. When this task is finished, there will always be another. If I work simply to get my tasks over with, I will never finish.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Hermitage Among the Clouds: An Historical Novel of Fourteenth Century Vietnam

“The unbusied heart is free to do all it wants.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Hermitage Among the Clouds: An Historical Novel of Fourteenth Century Vietnam

“...the human race has received the dignity of God's image at the beginning of creation, whereas the perfection of God's likeness is reserved for the end.”
― Origen, Drinking from the Hidden Fountain: A Patristic Breviary. Ancient Wisdom for Today's World (Cistercian Studies Series)