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I have seen unlearned men who were truly humble, and they became wiser than the wise.

Marcus Eremita

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Marcus Eremita, Mark the Ascetic or Marcus the Ascetic was a Christian theologian, saint, and ascetic writer of the fifth century AD.

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Alternative Names: Mark the Hermit

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John Lancaster Spalding François de La Rochefoucauld Augustine of Hippo Friedrich Nietzsche Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib

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The intellect cannot be still unless the body is still also: and the wall between them cannot be demolished without stillness and prayer.

Ignorance makes us reject what is beneficial; and when it becomes brazen it strengthens the hold of evil.

Prayer is called a virtue, but in reality it is the mother of the virtues: for it gives birth to them through union with Christ.

I have seen unlearned men who were truly humble, and they became wiser than the wise. - Marcus Eremita

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