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This work gathers together several sayings from the early Desert Fathers and monastics of the Church. The sayings are topically arranged, covering charity, humility, discretion, fasting, poverty, obedience, avoiding the praise of men, anger, avoiding many words, evil thoughts, and more.

Every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire. —St. Matt. 5:22 (R.V.). Nothing so stills the elephant when enraged as the sight of a lamb; nor does anything break the force of a cannon-ball so well as wool. Correction given in anger, however tempered by reason, never has so much effect as that
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