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Anthony the Great

Egyptian Christian monk, hermit, and saint

251–357

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Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going to make of it, a scythe, a sword, or an axe. Even so we ought to make up our minds what kind of virtue we want to forge or we labour in vain.
Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum), Antony 35; trans. Benedicta Ward (1975)
- Motivation & Goals
- Virtue
To those who have an active belief, reasoned proofs are needless and probably useless.
Athanasius, Life of Antony (c. 360), ch. 77
- Faith

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