John Climacus Quotes

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• Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience.

  John Climacus

  Christian, Patience, Courage

  Saint John (Climacus) (1959). “The Ladder of Divine Ascent”

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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.

  John Climacus

  Humility, Angel, Pride

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• The lover of silence draws close to God. He talks to Him in secret and God enlightens him.

  John Climacus

  Prayer, Silence, Secret

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.159, Paulist Press

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• Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility.

  John Climacus

  Humility, Resurrection, Obedience

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• Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgment of others with the desire to repent. If a man commits a sin before you at the very moment of his death, pass no judgment, because the judgment of God is hidden from men. It has happened that men have sinned greatly in the open but have done greater deeds in secret, so that those who would disparage them have been fooled, with smoke instead of sunlight in their eyes.

  John Climacus

  Christian, Eye, Men

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• Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it.

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  Humility, Men, Mourning

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• Humility is constant forgetfulness of one's achievements.

  John Climacus

  Humility, Achievement, Forgetfulness

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• A discerning man, when he eats grapes, takes only the ripe ones and leaves the sour. Thus also the discerning mind carefully marks the virtues which he sees in any person. A mindless man seeks out the vices and failings ... Even if you see someone sin with your own eyes, do not judge; for often even your eyes are deceived.

  John Climacus

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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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.

  John Climacus

  Spiritual, Prayer, Perfect

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• Whoever has become a servant of the Lord fears only his Master. But whoever is without the fear of God is often afraid of his own shadow. Fearfulness is the daughter of unbelief. A proud soul is the slave of fear; hoping in itself, in comes to such a state that it is startled by a small noise, and is afraid of the dark.

  John Climacus

  Inspirational, Christian, Daughter

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• An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by humility alone, without any other of the virtues.

  John Climacus

  Passion, Humility, Angel

  Saint John (Climacus) (1959). “The Ladder of Divine Ascent”

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• Forgetting offences is a sign of sincere repentance. If you keep the memory of them, you may believe you have repented but you are like someone running in his sleep. Let no one consider it a minor defect, this darkness that often clouds the eyes even of spiritual people.

  John Climacus

  Forgiveness, Running, Spiritual

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• Humility is the only thing that no devil can imitate.

  John Climacus

  Humility, Pride, Devil

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• A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer.

  John Climacus

  Prayer, Men, Heaven

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.113, Paulist Press

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• Just as the winds whip up the sea, so does anger stir confusion in the mind.

  John Climacus

  Christian, Anger, Wind

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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

  Faith, Jesus, Fighting

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• When people begin to praise us, let us hurry to remember the multitude of ours transgressions, and we will see that we are truly unworthy of that which they say and do in our honor.

  John Climacus

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• The offspring of virtue is perseverance. The fruit and offspring of perseverance is habit and child of habit is character.

  John Climacus

  Perseverance, Children, Character

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.260, Paulist Press

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• Do not be surprised if you fall every day and do not surrender. Stand your ground bravely and you may be sure that your guardian angel will respect your endurance. A fresh, warm wound is easier to heal than those that are old, neglected, and festering, and that need extensive treatment, surgery, bandaging and cauterization. Long neglect can render many of them incurable. However, all things are possible with God

  John Climacus

  Christian, Fall, Angel

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.130, Paulist Press

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• When a man has found the Lord, he no longer has to use words when he is praying, for the Spirit Himself will intercede for him with groans that cannot be uttered.

  John Climacus

  Prayer, Men, Use

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.279, Paulist Press

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• As long as anger lives, it continues to be the fruitful parent of many unhappy children.

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  Children, Anger, Long

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• Everyone who asks something of God and does not receive it doubtless does not receive it for one of these reasons: either because they ask before the time, or they ask unworthily, or out of vainglory, or because if they received what they asked they would become proud or fall into negligence.

  John Climacus

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without fear as if in the dark.

  John Climacus

  Dark, Catholic, Soul

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.107, Paulist Press

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• When you are depressed, bear in mind the Lord's command to Peter to forgive a sinner seventy times seven (cf. Mt. 18:22). And you may be sure that He Who gave this command to another will Himself do very much more.

  John Climacus

  Christian, Cfs, Forgiving

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.250, Paulist Press

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• The first stage of this tranquility consists in silencing the lips when the heart is excited. The second, in silencing the mind when the soul is still excited. The goal is a perfect peacefulness even in the middle of the raging storm.

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  Heart, Perfect, Goal

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