Understanding the nature of desire

(Quotations from Desert Fathers)

Abba Isaiah:: ... when someone asked him what avarice was, {he} replied, "Not to believe that God cares for you..."
(p. 70, Isaiah 9)
Abba Isidore of Pelusia:: The desire for possessions is dangerous and terrible, knowing no satiety; it drives the soul which it controls to the heights of evil.
(p. 99, Isidore 6)

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