Arsenius the Great quotes
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“Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions.”
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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.”
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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?”
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“You can't be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.”
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Source : André Aciman (2008). “Call Me by Your Name: A Novel”, p.74, Macmillan
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