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Quotes on Orthodoxy / St. Joseph of Optina

“If you notice a fault in one close to you…”

If you notice a fault in one close to you you would like to correct, if it destroys your peace of mind and annoys you, then you also are sinning and, consequently, you will not correct a fault by a fault—it is corrected by meekness. And it’s good for us when they jostle us. The tree that the wind sways more is strengthened more at the roots, but the one that lives in the calm falls immediately.

St. Joseph of Optina


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