Clergyman's

123. Happy is the monk who considers all men as god — after God.
- Evagrius Ponticus

123. Happy is the monk who considers all men as god — after God.
- Evagrius Ponticus

124. A monk is a man who is separated from all and who is in harmony with all.
- Evagrius Ponticus

Do you desire, then, to embrace this life of solitude, and to seek out the blessings of stillness? If so, abandon the cares of the world, and the principalities and powers that lie behind them: free yourself from attachment to material things, from domination by passions and desires, so that as a stranger to all this you may attain true stillness.
- Evagrius Ponticus

122. Happy is the monk who views the welfare and progress of all men with as much joy as if it were his own.
- Evagrius Ponticus

125. A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man.
- Evagrius Ponticus

125. A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man.
- Evagrius Ponticus

153. When you give yourself to prayer, rise above every other joy — then you will find true prayer.
- Evagrius Ponticus

153. When you give yourself to prayer, rise above every other joy — then you will find true prayer.
- Evagrius Ponticus

153. When you give yourself to prayer, rise above every other joy — then you will find true prayer.
- Evagrius Ponticus