Desert Fathers
DOULAS
Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Alphabetical Collection — translated by Benedicta Ward, SLG
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1. Abba Doulas said, 'If the enemy induces us to give up our inner peace, we must not listen to him, for nothing is equal to this peace and the privation of food. The one and the other join together to fight the enemy. For they make interior vision keen.'
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2. He also said, 'Detach yourself from the love of the multitude lest your enemy question your spirit and trouble your inner peace.'
Translated by Benedicta Ward, SLG. Edition opa.patristics.desert-fathers.sayings-alphabetical-collection.en.