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St Basil: Let worldly news be bitter food, and the words of saints as honey

27 May 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

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Let listening to worldly news be bitter food for you, and let the words of saintly men be as combs filled with honey.

— Quoted by St Theophan the Recluse: /Unseen Warfare/ Part I, Chapter 9

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