Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors and the Holy Fathers

Kindness

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137. Rejoice, not when you do good to someone, but when you endure without rancor the hostility that follows. For just as night follows day, so acts of malice follow acts of kindness. REF:Saint Kosmas Aitolos +1779

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138. Acts of kindness and generosity are spoilt by self-esteem, meanness and pleasure, unless these have first been destroyed by fear of God. REF:Saint Kosmas Aitolos +1779

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