When you are at peace and not embattled, then humble yourself even more—lest some alien joy arising [in us] we boast and are delivered into battle. For, on account of our frailty, God often does not permit us to be embattled often—lest we be lost.
—Abba Bessarion
Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers
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SO GOOD QUOTES 