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Dorotheos of Gaza by Dorotheus of Gaza
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it was amazing

Wish I can give this book 100 stars! It’s packed with wisdom and very practical instruction on how to live according to God, how to abandon our pride and our own foolish will. It gives hope for when you fail and encouragement to stay in the fight. It is very different from what our society and culture promotes but it is the way to true peace. It is a book I will come back to over and over again due to my own stubbornness.

“Disgrace and contempt is a healing remedy against arrogance of the soul. Pray earnestly for those who as tru healer, abuse you.�

“For it is not good for us to be completely satisfied in everything.�
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Reading Progress

November 16, 2023 – Shelved as: to-read
November 16, 2023 – Shelved
November 26, 2023 – Started Reading
November 26, 2023 –
page 84
32.43%
November 30, 2023 –
page 104
40.15% "“The nearer a man is to God the more he sees himself to be a sinner.�"
December 7, 2023 –
page 140
54.05% "Every page is has a tag, almost every line is underlined�"
December 11, 2023 –
page 150
57.92%
December 23, 2023 –
page 172
66.41% "“Virtue stands in the middle between excess and defect.�"
December 28, 2023 –
page 192
74.13% "� ‘My soul longs for death.� A brother went to consult a senior and said: ‘Why must I endure weariness sitting in my cell?� The senior replied, ‘Because you have not seen the point of the rest to be hoped for, nor of the punishment to come. For if you truly grasped them, even if your cell were full of worms so that you were buried up to the neck, you would endure it without weariness.’�"
February 8, 2024 –
page 215
83.01% "“But we are men who have no patience and no desire for a little labor and no desire to brace ourselves to accept anything with humility. Therefore we are crushed by our difficulties.�

“Relaxation, freedom from care and repose make the soul flabby, but temptations put it on its mettle and unite it with God.�"
February 15, 2024 – Finished Reading

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