Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Quotes

Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are a saint.

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• Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are a saint.

  

  Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
  • Terrible
  • Saint
  • Not Believe