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Oppose no man in anything; do not. . .

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“Oppose no man in anything; do not quarrel, and do not lie, and do not swear by the name of the Lord your God. Be despised, and do not despise. Be wronged, and do not wrong. It is better for things of the body to perish with the body than for something pertaining to the soul to be hurt. Go to court with no man, but endure to be condemned, being uncondemned.”

+ St. Isaac of Nineveh , The Ascetical Homilies, Homily 17

 

Do not pass through the streets of. . .

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“Do not pass through the streets of the hot-tempered and quarrelsome, lest your heart be filled with anger, and the darkness of delusion dominate your soul.”

+ St. Isaac of Nineveh , The Ascetical Homilies, Homily 17