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A peaceful heart comes from perfect devotion to God’s will – St Anthony of Optina

17 July 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

St Anthony of Optina

A peaceful heart is acquired from perfect devotion to the will of God, without which we have nothing. And if your husband is really not good, ask yourself in all good conscience before God: “Do I, a sinner, deserve a good and kind husband?” And your conscience without fail will say that you certainly do not deserve a good husband; and then in humility of heart, in submission to God’s will, you will love him… [ read more ]

— /Душеполезные поучения преподобных Оптинских старцев/ 2, vol.2, pp. 263—264

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Mourning sees the world as empty; depression sees the self as empty

16 July 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

Sigmund Freud

In mourning it is the world which has become poor and empty; in melancholia it is the ego itself.

— Sigmund Freud: "Mourning and Melancholia"

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We are slaves to our vices; freedom is found in goodness — Augustine of Hippo

5 July 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

St Augustine of Hippo

The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave, and not the slave of a single man, but — what is worse — the slave of as many masters as he has vices.

— St Augustine of Hippo: /City of God/ IV. 3

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Psalmody calms the passions and awakens the nous – Evagrios the Solitary Share on X
Pray gently and calmly, sing with understanding and rhythm; then you will soar like a young eagle high in the heavens. Psalmody calms the passions and… [ Read more ]
–Evagrios the Solitary

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