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121. Happy is the man who thinks himself no better than dirt.

Evagrius Ponticus

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Evagrius Ponticus (345–399 AD) was a Christian monk and ascetic.

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Alternative Names: Evagrius the Solitary • Evagrius of Pontus

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85. Psalm-singing is an image of wisdom which is many-sided; prayer is the prelude to immaterial and uniform knowledge.

150. Just as sight is the most worthy of the sense, so also is prayer the most divine of the virtues.

4. The state of the mind is an intelligible height resembling the colour of heaven, to which the light of the Holy Trinity comes in the time of prayer.

121. Happy is the man who thinks himself no better than dirt. - Evagrius Ponticus

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