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Ward: Abba Poemen said that a brother who lived with some other brothers asked Abba Bessarion, "What ought I to do?"
The old man said to him, "Keep silence and do not always be comparing yourself with others."

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Abba (c. 340–450) was an Egyptian Christian monk and early Desert Father who is the most quoted Abba (Father) in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).

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Diogenes Laërtius Pythagoras Chinua Achebe Confucius Plutarch

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Ward: Abba Poemen said to Abba Isaac, "Let go of a small part of your righteousness and in a few days you will be at peace."

Ward: [Abba Poemen] also said, "The first time flee; the second time, flee; and the third, become like a sword."

Ward: "If you are silent, you will have peace wherever you live."

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