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Grow in spirituality step by step – John of the Ladder

Posted on November 22, 2013 by sayingsoftheorthodoxfathers

To admire the labours of the saints is good; to emulate them wins salvation; but to wish suddenly to imitate their life in every point is unreasonable and impossible.

[John Climacus, Ladder of Divine Ascent]

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