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29 Jul 2024

Finding Rest

Πάντα τὸν χρόνον οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν κακῶν προσδέχονται κακά οἱ δὲ ἀγαθοὶ ἡσυχάζουσιν διὰ παντός

Ἡσυχία ἐστιν ἀποχὴ κακίας ἐμπράκτου καὶ ὁράσεων, ἥν οἱ ἀγαθοὶ ἡσυχάζουσιν· οἱ δὲ τοῦ νοὸς καὶ σώματος ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν κακῶν, πάντα τὸν χρόνον ἐπινοοῦνται κακά.

Ὠριγένης, Ἐκλογαὶ Εἰς Παροιμίας, Κεφ ΙE´

Source: Migne PG 17.193c
The eyes of the wicked are always eagerly receiving evils, but the good are ever at rest. 1

Rest is to be rid of wicked deeds and sights, and by this the good have their rest. But the mind and the bodily eyes of the wicked are always contemplating evils.

Origen, On Proverbs, Chapter 15

1 Prov 15.15

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