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True self-knowledge – to see our own defects above all else – is the only way forward

6 June 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

St Theophan the Recluse

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True self-knowledge is to see one’s own defects and weaknesses so clearly that they fill our whole view. And mark this — the more you see yourself at fault and deserving of every censure, the more you will advance.

— Igumen Chariton of Valamo: /The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology/ p222

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