Evagrius Prayer Quotes & Sayings

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to. — Bette Davis

Do not be troubled if you do not immediately receive from God what you ask Him; for He desires to do something even greater for you, while you cling to Him in prayer. — Evagrius Ponticus

Happy is the spirit that attains to the perfect formlessness at the time of prayer. — Evagrius Ponticus

In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldn't turn off the outside world to the extent that I can now. — Raymond Carver

That would be the most surprising lesson I'd learn at Bradley: You only scream when you're finally safe. — Jessica Knoll

Believers may come from different cultures, countries, or customs, but we serve one God who unites us all. — Dillon Burroughs

You know what I hate about working? Bosses ... The very idea that ANYONE could be my boss, well ... I think you see the conflict. — Bill Hicks

Demi Moore is an extremely sexy woman. Melanie Griffith, Annette Bening - these are all brave women. They've all managed to have kids and still be sexy. If anything, being a mom makes them even sexier. — Lesli Linka Glatter

I appreciate recipes that tell you what can be changed and what must remain fixed. 'The Zuni Cafe Cookbook' by the late Judy Rodgers is superb at this. — Bee Wilson

Both sides go the bargaining table holding cards quite close to the chest and bluffing like crazy, . — Andrew Zimbalist

Where the hell were you two?"

Sloane and Dex produced a candy bar from their front breast pockets in unison, answering simultaneously, "Lunchroom."

Ash looked genuinely horrified. "You two are spending way too much time together. Seriously, that was creepy as fuck." He snatched their candy bars.

"For the psychological trauma you've just inflicted. — Charlie Cochet

A company is a moral imbecile. It has no sense of right or wrong. Any restraints have to come from the outside, from laws and customs which forbid it from doing certain things of which we disapprove. But it is a restraint that reduces profits. Which is why all companies will strain forever to break the bounds of the law, to act unfettered in their pursuit of advantage. That is the only way they can survive because the more powerful will devour the weak. And because it is the nature of capital, which is wild, longs to be free and chafes at each and every restriction imposed upon it. — Iain Pears

Faith is, believing there is still a star out there to wish on, just for you, tucked away behind dark clouds. — Anthony Liccione

Prayer is the fruit of joy and thankfulness. — Evagrius Ponticus

Our society is obsessed with personal rights, but it will survive only if we adopt personal obligations. — Dennis Prager

You are tepid if you carry out listlessly and reluctantly those things that have to do with our Lord; if deliberately or 'shrewdly' you look for some way of lessening your duties; if you think only of yourself and your comfort; — Francis Fernandez-Carvajal

He had seemed huge and fat. He was all of that, but he was also a man of unbelievable strength. His — Louis L'Amour

Evagrius said, 'A wandering mind is strengthened by reading, and prayer. Passion is dampened down by hunger and work and solitude. Anger is repressed by psalmody and long-suffering and mercy. But all these should be at the proper times and in due measure. — Benedicta Ward

If your spirit still looks around at the time of prayer, then it does not yet pray as a monk. You are no better than a man of affairs engaged in a kind of landscape gardening. — Evagrius Ponticus

A lot of the music I listen to is indie rock. It's not on the radio. — Laura Bell Bundy

The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our intellect truly praying to Him, He enters it and puts to flight the whole array of thoughts and ideas circling within it, and He arouses it to a longing for spiritual prayer. — Evagrius Ponticus

Prayer is the laying aside of thoughts. — Evagrius Ponticus