16 Mar 2020

Virtue And Suffering


Μὴ λέγε κεκτῆσθαι ἀρετὴν ἐκτὸς θλίψεως· ἀδόκιμος γάρ ἐστι διὰ τὴν ἄνεσιν.

Ἅγιος Μάρκος ὁ Ἐρημίτης, Περὶ Νόμου Πνευματικοῦ 

Source: Migne PG 65 913b
Do not say that you possess virtue without suffering, for at peace it is unproven.

Saint Mark The Ascetic, On The Spiritual Law.

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