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Patristic theology, and traditional teachings of Orthodoxy from the Church fathers of apostolic times to the present. All forum Rules apply. No polemics. No heated discussions. No name-calling.


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Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.
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Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

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To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

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It’s the stories we tell and are told, personally and as a people, that shape our private and public worlds. As stories, as conceits, all are capable of exerting force in our lives. They operate on a single plane in the heart. For good or ill, truthfully or untruthfully, they describe our origins and ends, weaknesses and strengths, limitations and freedoms. Stories have consequences.
The Scrivener

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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Henry Ward Beecher

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