Arsenius the Great quotes

“Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions.”
-- Arsenius the Great

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“O God, do not leave me. I have done nothing good in Your sight, but according to Your goodness, let me now make a beginning of good.”
-- Arsenius the Great

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“I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having been silent.”
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“Brethren, the just man shall scarcely be saved. What, then, will become of the sinner?”
-- Arsenius the Great

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“We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.”

“It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So he appeared to teach ahimsa, nonviolence, being compassionate on the animals and human beings. In the Christian religion also, it is clearly stated, 'Thou shall not kill'. So everywhere animal killing is restricted. In no religion the unnecessary killing of animals is allowed. But nobody is caring. The killing process is increasing, and so are the reactions. Every ten years you will find a war. These are the reactions.”

“A heathen philosopher once asked a Christian, 'Where is God'? The Christian answered, 'Let me first ask you, Where is He not?'”

“You can't be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.”

“One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner than that I should seek escape from the sacred necessity that is laid upon me, let the breath of life fail me. It is this: That in spite of all worldly opposition, God's holy ordinances shall be established again in the home, in the school and in the State for the good of the people; to carve as it were into the conscience of the nation the ordinances of the Lord, to which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to God”

“It is the rare architect who does not hope in his heart to design a great building and for whom the quest is not a quiet, consuming passion.”

“The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource is collaboration.”

“The loser is usually the one who is ready to lose. Fight, overcome difficulties, control your emotions – and you will win.”

“It is a sin when I place myself deliberately in the place of temptation… either because I enjoy the prospect or because I’m not determined enough in my desire to overcome it.”

“At one hundred, surely you learn to overcome loss and grief—or do they hound you till the bitter end?”

Source : André Aciman (2008). “Call Me by Your Name: A Novel”, p.74, Macmillan