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“Humility is an unchanging character of the soul which continues untouched either by a bad or good report, in disgrace or in honor.”
― The Ladder of Divine Ascent
― The Ladder of Divine Ascent
“The offspring of virtue is perseverance. The fruit and offspring of perseverance is habit and child of habit is character.”
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“The start of freedom from anger is stillness of the mouth when the heart is troubled. The middle is a stillness of the mind when there is a small agitation of the soul. The end is an unchanging calm beneath the breath of polluted winds.”
― The Ladder of Divine Ascent
― The Ladder of Divine Ascent
“The one who has achieved the fear of the Lord has given up lying, having inside himself an incorruptible judge, which is his conscience.”
― The Ladder of Divine Ascent
― The Ladder of Divine Ascent
“Those who are quick to strictly judge the sins of their neighbor sink into this problem because they have not yet achieved a regular and careful remembrance of their own shortcomings. For if one could perceive his own sins precisely, without the curtain of pride, he would concern himself with nothing else while he lived, seeing that even if he were to live a hundred years, he would not have time enough to grieve over his sins even if he were to see the entire river Jordan pouring forth as tears from his eyes. I have seen that type of grieving, and I did not discover in it even the slightest bit of condemnation.”
― The Ladder of Divine Ascent
― The Ladder of Divine Ascent
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