“Stand resolute, fully intent on your prayer. Pay no heed to the concerns and thoughts that might arise the while. They do nothing better than disturb and upset you so as to dissolve the fixity on your purpose.”
Evagrius Ponticus, The Praktikos
Reflections on Christianity, Art, Nature, and Culture
“Stand resolute, fully intent on your prayer. Pay no heed to the concerns and thoughts that might arise the while. They do nothing better than disturb and upset you so as to dissolve the fixity on your purpose.”
Evagrius Ponticus, The Praktikos