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8 Dec 2014

Dealing with Insult


Ἐἶπεν ὁ αὐτὸς Μακάριος· Ἐάν τινι ἐπιτιμῶν, εἰς ὀργην κινηθῇς, ἴδιον πάθος πληροὶς. Οὐ γὰρ ἴνα ἄλλους σώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἀπολέσεις.  

᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Father Macarius said, 'If someone insults you and you are moved to anger, you may satisfy your passion. But you have saved no one and you have ruined yourself.'

Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia

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