No matter what provokes it. . .
“No matter what provokes it, anger blinds the soul’s eyes, preventing it from seeing the Sun of Righteousness.”
+ St. John Cassian, The Philokalia: The Complete Text (Vol. 1), “On the Eight Vices: On Anger”
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Do not dispute the over the truth with. . .
“Do not dispute the over the truth with someone who does not know the truth; but from the person who is eager to know the truth, do not withold words from him”
— St. Isaac of Nineveh. [Keph I.14] (From the Wisdom of St. Isaac the Syrian)
If two friends ask you to. . .
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don’t accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
