Evagrius Ponticus: Prayer

Evagrius Ponticus was Christian monk. Explore interesting quotes on prayer.
Evagrius Ponticus: 48   quotes 4   likes

“120. Happy is the spirit that attains to complete unconsciousness of all sensible experience at the time of prayer.”

Evagrius Ponticus

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Time , Happiness

“35. Prayer is an ascent of the spirit to God.”

Evagrius Ponticus

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God

“153. When you give yourself to prayer, rise above every other joy — then you will find true prayer.”

Evagrius Ponticus

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Joy

“70. You will not be able to pray purely if you are all involved with material affairs and agitated with unremitting concerns. For prayer is the rejection of conceptions.”

Evagrius Ponticus

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“117. Let me repeat this saying of mine that I once expressed on some other occasions: Happy is the spirit that attains to the perfect formlessness at the time of prayer.”

Evagrius Ponticus

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Time , Perfection , Happiness

“150. Just as sight is the most worthy of the sense, so also is prayer the most divine of the virtues.”

Evagrius Ponticus

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Sense

“119. Happy is the spirit that becomes free of all matter and is stripped of all at the time of prayer.”

Evagrius Ponticus

Chapters on Prayer

Time , Happiness