truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 6 December 2006 8:15 am

Do all in your power not to fall, for the strong athlete should not fall. But if you do fall, get up again at once and continue the contest. Even if you fall a thousand times because of the withdrawal of God's grace, rise up again each time, and keep on doing this until the day of your death. For it is written, 'If a righteous man falls down seven times' - that is, repeatedly throughout his life - 'seven times shall he rise again'

[Prov. 24:16]. John of Karpathos quoted in Repentance and Confession in the OrthodoxChurch by Fr. John Chryssavgis

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 6 December 2006 8:47 am

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Heraclitus

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 6 December 2006 8:49 am

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Heraclitus

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 6 December 2006 8:50 am

The sun is new each day.

Heraclitus

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 6 December 2006 9:02 am

God will be present, whether asked or not.

Arabic Proverb

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 6 December 2006 9:45 am

He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Russian Proverb

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 6 December 2006 9:47 am

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Russian Proverb