One who knows oneself, knows. . .
“One who knows oneself, knows God: and one who knows God is worthy to worship Him as is right. Therefore, my beloveds in the Lord, know yourselves.”
— St. Anthony the Great
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No one is good but. . .
No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.
-Saint Ambrose of Milan
St. Ephraim the Syrian: Imagine that someone, while standing before a king . . .
“Imagine that someone, while standing before a king and conversing with him, at the summons of a servant like unto himself leaves the king and begins to converse with that servant; such also is he who engages in conversation and gives himself over to distraction during the divine service.”
— St. Ephraim the Syrian
