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113. By true prayer a monk becomes another angel, for he ardently longs to see the face of the Father in heaven.

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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64. The proof of apatheia is had when the spirit begins to see its own light, when it remains in a state of tranquility in the presence of the images it has during sleep and when it maintains its calm as it beholds the affairs of life.

3. Prayer is a continual intercourse of the spirit with God. What state of soul then is required that the spirit might thus strain after its Master without wavering, living constantly with him without intermediary?

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

113. By true prayer a monk becomes another angel, for he ardently longs to see the face of the Father in heaven. - Evagrius Ponticus

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