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“If your spirit still looks around at the time of prayer, then it does not yet pray as a monk. You are no better than a man of affairs engaged in a kind of landscape gardening.”

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Evagrius Ponticus
Evagrius Ponticus

Evagrius Ponticus (345-399 AD) was a renowned Christian writer and monk. His works encompassed theology, philosophy, and spiritual practice, which had a profound impact on Christian thought later on. more

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