Marcus Eremita Inspirational Quotes

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• As water and fire oppose one another when combined, so are self-justification and humility opposed to one another.

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• God tested Abraham. That is, he sent him afflictions for his benefit, not so that he could find out what sort of man he was, for God knows everything, but so that He give him the means to perfect his faith.

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• We must receive the one who curses us as a messenger from God, rebuking our hidden evil thoughts, so that we, seeing our thoughts with exactness, might correct ourselves. For we do not know how many hidden evils we have; Only a perfect man can understand all of his own shortcomings.

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• If someone puts his trust in God in a matter, let him not argue with his brother about it.

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• Do not desire to hear about the misfortunes of those who oppose you. For those who listen to such speech later reap the fruits of their evil intention.

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• Do not think about or do anything without a spiritual purpose, whereby it is done for God. For If you travel without purpose, you shall labor in vain.

  Marcus Eremita

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• A man who is enticed by sinful thoughts is blinded by them, and he sees the action of sin in himself, but he can not see the cause of this action.

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• It is better to pray with good will for our neighbor, rather than to denounce him for every sin.

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• Consistently pray in all things, so that you might not do anything without the help of God ... Whoever does or busies himself with anything without prayer does not succeed in the end. Concerning this, the Lord said: "Without Me you can't do anything". (John 15:5)

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• When the mind forgets the purpose of Christian life, then even the clear fulfillment of virtue becomes profitless.

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• The devil makes small sins seem smaller in our eyes, for otherwise he can't lead us to greater evil.

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• Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be a lover of truth.

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• Whatever we do or say without prayer always ends up either sinful or harmful and convicts us through the deeds in some mysterious way.

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• One evil receives strength from another. In the same way, good deeds also sprout one from another, and the one in whom they are found grows larger.

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• Guard your mind from self-praise and flee a high opinion of yourself, so that God does not allow you to fall into the opposite passion to the virtue for which you boast, for man does not accomplish virtue alone, but with the help of God who sees all.

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• Whoever with fear of God corrects and directs a sinner gains virtue for himself, that of opposition to sin. But whoever insults a sinner with rancor and without good will falls, according to a spiritual law, into the same passion with the sinner.

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• Every sin that is left without repentance is a sin unto death, for which if even a saint shall pray, he shall not be heard.

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• If you want the Lord to hide your sins, then don't talk to people about what kind of virtues you have. For as we relate to our virtues, so God relates to our sins.

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• Conquer temptations by the patience and prayer. If you oppose them without these, you will fall all the more severely.

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• Whoever prays for those who hurt him lays the demons low; but he who opposes his affronter is bound to the demons.

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• One who has sinned cannot escape retribution in any other way than by repentance corresponding to his sin.

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• Whoever has a spiritual gift and compassionate toward one who does not have it guards his gift through his compassion. But whoever is proud of his gift loses it through self-opinion.

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• In the spiritual life we can do nothing worthy without repentance, but the Lord has much mercy on us because of our intentions. He who compels himself and holds on to repentance until the end, even if he sins is saved because he compelled himself, for the Lord promised this in the Gospel.

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• Whoever does not fight the one who despises him, neither in word not in thought, has received true knowledge and demonstrates a firm trust in God.

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• If someone falls into any sin and is not sincerely grieved about it, it is easy for him to fall into the same thing again.

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