“(…) don’t start a war without wise advice.“ “A sage can scale a garrisoned city and shutter the rampart on which it relied.“ “By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is made strong; by knowledge its storerooms are filled with riches of every kind, rare and desirable.“ Proverbs 20: 18; 21: 22; 24: … Continue reading Spiritual advice from the Desert Fathers (as reported by Saint John Cassian) no. 4: Abba Sarapion on eight principal vices