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As it is impossible to verbally describe the sweetness of honey to one who has never tasted honey, so the goodness of God cannot be clearly communicated by way of teaching if we ourselves are not able to penetrate into the goodness of the Lord by our own experience. View quote
Basil of Caesarea
This is how you pray continually, not by offering prayer in words, but by joining yourself to God through your whole way of life, so that your life becomes one continuous and uninterrupted prayer. View quote
Basil of Caesarea
Every divine action begins from the Father, proceeds through the Son, and is completed in the Holy Spirit. View quote
Basil of Caesarea
A woman who deliberately destroys a fetus is answerable for murder. And any fine distinction as to its being completely formed or unformed is not admissible amongst us. View quote
Basil of Caesarea
Hell can't be made attractive, so the devil makes attractive the road that leads there. View quote
Basil of Caesarea