Quotes by Anthony The Great - Page 1

Expect temptation to your last breath.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Breaths
Lasts
Temptation
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To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides from the blind.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Blind
Sun
Turns
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When you lie down on your bed to sleep, remember with thanksgiving the blessings and the providence of God.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Gratitude
Lying
Sleep
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Intelligent men have no need to listen to much talk, but should attend only to that which is profitable and guided by God's will.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Men
Christian
Intelligent
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This is the great work of a man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God, and toexpect temptation to his last breath.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Men
Christian
Temptation
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A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, "You are mad; you are not like us."
Anthony The Great / Saint
Time
Crazy
Religious
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Our life and our death is with our neighbor. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize our brother, we have sinned against Christ.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Brother
Christian
Gains
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One should not say that it is impossible to reach a virtuous life; but one should say that it is not easy. Nor do those who have reached it find it easy to maintain.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Easy
Impossible
Should
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I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I said groaning, "What can get through from such snares?" Then I heard a voice saying to me, "Humility.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Enemy
Humility
Voice
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The person who abides in solitude and quiet is delivered from fighting three battles: hearing, speech, and sight. Then there remains one battle to fight-the battle of the heart.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Fighting
Heart
Sight
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The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain and care; similarly, the fruits of men ripen through ascetic practice, study, time, perseverance, self-control and patience.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Christian
Perseverance
Rain
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Whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes; whatever you do, do it according to the testimony of the holy Scriptures; in whatever place you live, do not easily leave it. Keep these three precepts and you will be saved.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Christian
Eye
Three
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. . . you should know that there is present with you the angel whom God has appointed for each man. . . This angel, who is sleepless and cannot be deceived, is always present with you; he sees all things and is not hindered by darkness. You should know, too, that with him is God.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Men
Angel
Darkness
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Regard as free not those whose status makes them outwardly free, but those who are free in their character and conduct. For we should not call men truly free when they are wicked and dissolute, since they are slaves to worldly passions. Freedom and happiness of soul consist in genuine purity and detachment from transitory things.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Character
Christian
Passion
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God's Providence controls the universe. It is present everywhere. Providence is the sovereign Logos of God, imprinting form on the unformed materiality of the world, making and fashioning all things. Matter could not have acquired an articulated structure were it not for the directing power of the Logos Who is the Image, Intellect, Wisdom, and Providence of God.
Anthony The Great / Saint
Christian
Matter
World
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When Abba Anthony thought about the depths of the judgments of God, he asked, 'Lord, how is it that some die when they are young, while others drag on to extreme old age? Why are there those who are poor and those who are rich? Why do wicked men prosper and why are the just in need?' He heard a voice answering him, 'Antony, keep your attention on yourself; these things are according to the judgment of God, and it is not to your advantage to know anything about them.'
Anthony The Great / Saint
Men
Christian
Voice
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