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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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Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.

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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

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Never apologize for showing feeling.
When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

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Never take anything for granted.

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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

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Silence is the mother of truth.

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"Better to fall from a height than by the tongue."
The tongue does the greatest evil to men.

Elder Ephraim of Philotheou Mount Athos,
"Counsels from the Holy Mountain"

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