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Abba Moses — Prayer for Inner Stillness
By Abba MosesSource: Abba Moses - Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum) - Public Domain60 words
Sit in thy cell and thy cell will teach thee all things. The monk who stays in his cell collects his thoughts. A fish that leaves the water dies: so does a monk who leaves his cell. Go, sit in thy cell, and give thy body in pledge to the walls of thy cell, and it shall teach thee everything.
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