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The Mountain King (The Asker, #1) by Anders de la Motte

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“I was becoming more miserable, and Thou nearer. Thy right hand was continually ready to pluck me out of the mire, and to wash me thoroughly, and I knew it not. —The Confessions of Blessed Augustine”
― Hieromonk Damascene, Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works

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“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: eating-reading

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“Atheism, true 'existential' atheism burning with hatred of a seemingly unjust or unmerciful God, is a spiritual state; it is a real attempt to grapple with the true God.… Nietzsche, in calling himself Antichrist, proved thereby his intense hunger for Christ.”
― Seraphim Rose, Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age

tags: athiesm, christ, nihilism, orthodoxy, religion

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“No one has rightly sought the truth who has not encountered at the end of this search — whether to accept or reject Him — our Lord, Jesus Christ, “the Way, the Truth, and the Life,” Truth that stands against the world and is a reproach to all worldliness. —Eugene Rose”
― Hieromonk Damascene, Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works

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“Why is the truth, it would seem, revealed to some and not to others? Is there a special organ for receiving revelation from God? Yes, though usually we close it and do not let it open up: God’s revelation is given to something called a loving heart.”
― Seraphim Rose, God's Revelation to the Human Heart

tags: inspirational, love, orthodox, truth

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