| Την Ελισσαίου εὐτέλειαν ζήλου, ὑπερῴῳ καὶ λύχνῳ ἀρκούμενος· ἅπερ τὴν ὑψηλὴν καὶ πεφωτισμένην τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἡνίσσετο πρᾶξιν· ἀλλὰ μὴ μεγάλαῖς οἰκοδομαῖς ὡς Φαραὼ προστηκόμενος καὶ προσασήκων αὐταῖς τοὺς μονάζοντας , τὴν ἀληθῆ ἐργασίαν κατάλυε. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΥϟΗ’, Θεωνι Source: Migne 78.453a | Be content with the frugality of zealous Elijah and with a hut and lamp, which designates the sublimity and splendor of that man. Do not wither away in great buildings like another Pharaoh, and as solitaries who cling to these things to the ruin of the true life. Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 498, to Theonis |
15 Mar 2026
Contentment With Little
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