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Ward: "Even if a man were to make a new heaven and earth, he could not live free of care."

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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: He also said concerning Abba Pior that every day he made a new beginning.

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."

Ward: "If you take little account of yourself, you will have peace, wherever you live."

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