(23 quotes found)
“Abba Zeno said, 'If a man wants God to hear his prayer quickly, then before he prays for anything else, even his own soul, when he stands and stretches out his hands towards God, he must pray with all his heart for his enemies. Through this action God will hear everything that he asks.'”
Abba Zeno
“The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others.”
Zeno
“This is not something we wanted to do, ... The mayor was not happy about this. We hung on for as long as we could. Try to analyze this: You have a government operating without any revenue coming in. We're in dire straits.”
“No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.”
“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.”
“I am not simple, judge,”
“I don't want to sit down,”
“He can find all the contempt he wants, ... He treated my client unfairly and I'm p----d off.”
“He wants to have intimate contact. His parents want him to date, his father wants him to get married,”
“He thought there was a personal spark.”
