“The intellect cannot be still unless the body is still also: and the wall between them cannot be demolished without stillness and prayer.”
ME
“Ignorance makes us reject what is beneficial; and when it becomes brazen it strengthens the hold of evil.”
Marcus Eremita
“Concern yourself with your own sins and not with those of your neighbor; then the workplace of your intellect will not be robbed.”
Marcus Eremita
“I have seen unlearned men who were truly humble, and they became wiser than the wise.”
Marcus Eremita
“Do not say: 'I do not know what is right, therefore I am not to blame when I fail to do it.' For if you did all the good about which you do know, what you should do next would then become clear to you...”
Marcus Eremita
“Evils reinforce each other; so do virtues, thus encouraging us to still greater efforts.”
Marcus Eremita