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โ121. Happy is the man who thinks himself no better than dirt.โ
โIn the whole range of evil thoughts, none is richer in resources than self-esteem.โ
โ36. Do you long to pray? Renounce all things. You then will become heir to all.โ
โ118. Happy is the spirit which, praying with distraction, goes on increasing its desire for God.โ
โ60. If you are a theologian, you truly pray. If you truly pray, you are a theologian.โ
โ26. Prayer is a state of the mind destructive of every earthly mental representation.โ
โ113. By true prayer a monk becomes another angel, for he ardently longs to see the face of the Father in heaven.โ
โ120. Happy is the spirit that attains to complete unconsciousness of all sensible experience at the time of prayer.โ
โ85. Psalm-singing is an image of wisdom which is many-sided; prayer is the prelude to immaterial and uniform knowledge.โ
โ101. Just as bread is nourishment for the body and virtue for the soul, so is spiritual prayer nourishment for the intelligence.
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Evagrius Ponticus (345โ399 AD) was a Christian monk and ascetic.