spiritual discipline

The Cell

By Abba MosesSource: Abba Moses - Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Public Domain)34 words

Go, sit in your cell, and your cell will teach you everything. If a man settles in a certain place and does not go out from there, whatever he needs will come to him.

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