Isaac of Nineveh Quotes - Page 2

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• The man with a heart cannot think about or see creatures without his eyes filling up with tears because of the immense compassion which seizes his heart.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Kindness, Eye, Heart

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• The beginning of divine wisdom is clemency and gentleness, which arise from greatness of soul and the bearing of infirmities.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Greatness, Divine Wisdom, Soul

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• If you cannot close the mouth of one who reviles his brother, at least avoid conversation with him.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• God requires not the doing of the commandments for their own sake, but the correction of the soul, for whose sake He established the commandments.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• Behold, for years and generations, the way of God has been leveled by the cross and by death. How is this with thee, that thou seest the afflictions of the way as if they were out of the way? Doest not thou wish to follow the steps of the saints? Or doest thou wish to go a way which is especially for thee, without suffering? the way unto God is a daily cross. No one can ascend unto heaven with comfort, we know where the way of comfort leads.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Years, Heaven, Suffering

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• If zeal had been appropriate for putting humanity right, why did God the Word clothe himself in the body, using gentleness and humility in order to bring the world back to his Father?

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Father, Humility, Order

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• The soul that loves God has its rest in God and in God alone. In all the paths that men walk in in the world, they do not attain peace until they draw nigh to hope in God.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• The Commandments of God are higher than all the treasures of the earth. Whoever has acquired them has received God within himself.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• The Lord bears all the weaknesses of men, but He does not bear a man who is always murmuring, and does not leave Him without chastisement.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• Draw nigh to the righteous, and through them you will draw nigh to God. Communicate with those who possess humility, and you will learn morals from them. A man who follows one who loves God becomes rich in the mysteries of God; but he who follows an unrighteous and proud man gets far away from God, and will be hated by his friends.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• Whoever prematurely begins a work that is above his strength receives nothing, but only brings harm upon himself.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• Do not waste this life in vain pursuits.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Waste, Vain, This Life

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• Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• Afflictions for God's sake are dearer to Him than any prayer or sacrifice.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• Be dead in life, and you will not live in death. Let your soul die strenuously, and not live in weakness. Not only those who suffer death for the sake of faith in Christ are martyrs; but also those who die because of their observance of His commandments.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Life, Soul, Suffering

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• If you are truly merciful, then when what is yours is unjustly taken, don't be sad inside, and do not tell of our loss to your neighbor. Let a better loss, inflicted by those who insult you, be absorbed by your mercy.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• When you want to make a beginning of a good deed, first prepare for temptations, which will come to you, and don't doubt the truth of that which you do for God.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself against the injustice, but he accepts slander as truth; he does not attempt to persuade men that he is calumniated, but he begs forgiveness.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Humble, Humility, Men

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• Just as a strongly flowing fountain is not blocked up by a handful of earth, so the compassion of the Creator is not overcome by the wickedness of his creatures.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Christian, Compassion, Overcoming

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• If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man becomes humble, he will not receive a reward for his labor. Recompense is given, not for labor, but for humility.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Humble, Humility, Men

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• No one can sense his own weakness is at least a small temptation is not allowed to afflict either his body or his soul. Then, comparing his weakness to the help of God, a man comes to know its magnitude. But whoever does not know that he needs God's help, let him make many prayers. Insofar as he multiplies them, in that measure will he be humbled.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• Why do you increase your bonds? Take hold of your life before your light grows dark and you seek help and do not find it. This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Christian, Dark, Light

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• If, at the time when the mind is praying it is distracted by any extraneous thought or worry about anything, then this prayer is not called pure.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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