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Love to discipline yourself – Apophthegmata Patrum

Posted on September 5, 2014 by sayingsoftheorthodoxfathers

A brother asked an old man a question, saying, “What shall I do?” And the old man said unto him, “Go and learn to love putting restraint upon yourself in everything.”

[Apophthegmata Patrum]

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