125. A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men… - Evagrius Ponticus

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125. A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man.

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.

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.

Blessed is the one who has reached the knowledge that cannot be abolished (beyond what cannot be, it cannot be gone).

125. A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man. - Evagrius Ponticus

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