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Gregory of Nazianzus Quotes: ...a disposition is an unsatisfactory thing unless we give it practical effect - deeds show dispositions.
         

...a disposition is an unsatisfactory thing unless we give it practical effect - deeds show dispositions.


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Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could.

Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could.



Remember God more often than you breathe.

Remember God more often than you breathe.



We are not made for ourselves alone, we are made for the good of all our fellow creatures.

We are not made for ourselves alone, we are made for the good of all our fellow creatures.



I cannot think on the one without quickly being encircled by the splendor of the three; nor can I discern the three without being straightway carried back to the one.

I cannot think on the one without quickly being encircled by the splendor of the three; nor can I discern the three without being straightway carried back to the one.



What He was, He laid aside; what He was not, He assumed. He takes upon Himself the poverty of my flesh so that I may receive the riches of His divinity.

What He was, He laid aside; what He was not, He assumed. He takes upon Himself the poverty of my flesh so that I may receive the riches of His divinity.



These three things God requires of all the Baptized: right faith in the heart, truth on the tongue, temperance in the body.

These three things God requires of all the Baptized: right faith in the heart, truth on the tongue, temperance in the body.



Let us become like Christ, since Christ became like us. He assumed the worse that He might give us the better; He became poor that we through His poverty might be rich.

Let us become like Christ, since Christ became like us. He assumed the worse that He might give us the better; He became poor that we through His poverty might be rich.



It is difficult to practice obedience; but it is even more difficult to practice leadership.

It is difficult to practice obedience; but it is even more difficult to practice leadership.



The first of all beautiful things is the continual possession of God.

The first of all beautiful things is the continual possession of God.



It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.

It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.





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Maybe that is the purest and most radical kind of religion – simple attention. Present-moment awareness. Instead of a belief system, awareness sees through all beliefs.

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We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

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Why lie? I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say the opposite of what I think, like some others do.



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When men of infamy to grandeur soar, They light a torch to show their shame the more.



Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.

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