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Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: May your divinity, Lord, take pleasure in me and lead me above the world to be with you.

May your divinity, Lord, take pleasure in me and lead me above the world to be with you.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: If, at the time when the mind is praying it is distracted by any extraneous thought or worry about anything, then this prayer is not called pure.

If, at the time when the mind is praying it is distracted by any extraneous thought or worry about anything, then this prayer is not called pure.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: Someone who bears a grudge while he prays is like a person who sows in the sea and expects to reap a harvest.

Someone who bears a grudge while he prays is like a person who sows in the sea and expects to reap a harvest.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: If you cannot close the mouth of one who reviles his brother, at least avoid conversation with him.

If you cannot close the mouth of one who reviles his brother, at least avoid conversation with him.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.

Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.

Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.

This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: God requires not the doing of the commandments for their own sake, but the correction of the soul, for whose sake He established the commandments.

God requires not the doing of the commandments for their own sake, but the correction of the soul, for whose sake He established the commandments.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: Speech is the organ of this present world. Silence is the mystery of the world to come.

Speech is the organ of this present world. Silence is the mystery of the world to come.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: Dispassion doesn't mean to no longer feel the passions, but to no longer accept them.

Dispassion doesn't mean to no longer feel the passions, but to no longer accept them.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: Do not waste this life in vain pursuits.

Do not waste this life in vain pursuits.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: Make peace with yourself, and both heaven and earth will make peace with you.

Make peace with yourself, and both heaven and earth will make peace with you.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: The Commandments of God are higher than all the treasures of the earth. Whoever has acquired them has received God within himself.

The Commandments of God are higher than all the treasures of the earth. Whoever has acquired them has received God within himself.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: As a handful of sand thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the mind of God.

As a handful of sand thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the mind of God.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men.

The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths.

Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: Real men can carry carpets, Claire. Keep that in mind when looking for a husband.

Real men can carry carpets, Claire. Keep that in mind when looking for a husband.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: Afflictions for God's sake are dearer to Him than any prayer or sacrifice.

Afflictions for God's sake are dearer to Him than any prayer or sacrifice.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: If God is slow in answering your request, or if you ask but do not promptly receive anything, do not be upset, for you are not wiser than God.

If God is slow in answering your request, or if you ask but do not promptly receive anything, do not be upset, for you are not wiser than God.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.

Isaac Of Nineveh quotes: The prayer of one who does not consider himself a sinner is not accepted by the Lord.

The prayer of one who does not consider himself a sinner is not accepted by the Lord.