Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors and the Holy Fathers

dispassion

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Dispassion does not mean that a man feels no passions, but that he does not accept any of them. St. Isaac of Syria

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That soul has dispassion which is immersed in the virtues as the passionate are in pleasures. St. John Climacus, "The Ladder of Divine Ascent," (Boston: Holy Transfiguration Monastery, 1978), Step29: Concerning Heaven on Earth, or Godlike Dispassion and Perfection, and the Resurrection of the Soul Before the General Resurrection

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132. Do not say that a dispassionate man cannot suffer affliction; for even if he does not suffer on his own account, he is under a liability to do so for his neighbor. REF:Saint Kosmas Aitolos +1779

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