"Do not think that those who bring you reports which fill you with resentment and make you hate your brother are affectionately disposed towards you, even if they seem to speak the truth." (St. Maximos the Confessor)

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“Stand at the brink of despair, and when you see that you cannot bear it anymore, draw back a little, and have a cup of tea.” (Elder Sophrony of Essex)

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“Let listening to worldly news be bitter food for you, and let the words of saintly men be as combs filled with honey.” (St. Basil the Great)

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"Compel yourselves; say the prayer; stop idle talk; close your mouths to criticism; place doors and locks against unnecessary words. Time passes and does not come back, and woe to us if time goes by without spiritual profit." (Elder Ephraim of Arizona)

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"Do not get close to those who love to argue, so that you will not be forced to lose your silence." (St. Isaac of Syria)

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