Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of. The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth...There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise (Proverbs 30: 18-19, 24). I am not one of those little things; nor am I wise...
posted by Emmanuyil at 3.1.06
Stat Crux Dum Volvitur Orbis
In heaven they honor and praise him; on earth we find curious busybodies.
~ St. John Chrysostom
[I]f a man during prayer is not intent on what profits his soul, but would rather that God should fall in with the emotional uncertainties of his own mind, he is truly like a silly battalogos, who prays that God should become a willing servant of his own crazy ideas.
~ St. Gregory of Nyssa
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Order my steps in thy word, and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me.
O delivery me from the wrongful dealings of men, and so shall I keep thy commandments.
Show the light of thy countenance upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise, O Lord, that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.
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