27 WISE replied the monk Simeon Athos

These wise answers do not change the world, but if you are aware of even a small piece of the answer - the whole world will change after you.



Athos monk Simeon living
the Holy Mount Athos. He began his career
at Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra and long
She held in the Caucasus Mountains.

Many different thinkers share their findings. Their minds are filled with thoughts and intentions to good actions. However, a huge amount of reading such thoughts we eventually get nothing, since most people read only for information. I read - and understood. Since only the information is clear and very rarely that it carries in itself. After all, when people only hear the Truth, it is not clear what it is. But as soon as he come upon the truth - it all becomes clear.

Life - is a tutorial that closes
only last breath.


By asking yourself these questions, we sometimes try to find the right answer to better know the life. It is wise answers Athos monk Simeon simple questions of life:

What is the best teacher? - Suffering.
What a bad teacher? - Pleasure.
What is the skill most rare? - The ability to give.
What skills is the best? - The ability to forgive.
What is the most difficult skill? - Ability to silent.
What is the most important skill? - Ability to ask.
What is the skill most needed? - The ability to listen.
What is the most dangerous fight? - Fanatical.
What is the most unpleasant habit? - Quarrelsomeness.
What is the most harmful habit? - Chatty.
What kind of person is the strongest? - Anyone who is able to grasp the truth.
What kind of person is the weakest? - Anyone who feels the strongest.
What is the most intelligent person? - Those who follow my heart.
What affection is the most dangerous? - Attachment to the body.
What is the poorest people? - Whoever loves most money.
What man closer to God? - Merciful.
What kind of person is the weakest? - Defeat another.
What kind of person is the strongest? - Winning himself.
How to confront trouble? - Joy.
The resist suffering? - Patience.
What is the sign of a healthy soul? - Faith.
What is the sign of a sick soul? - Hopelessness.
What are the signs of wrong actions? - Irritation.
What are the signs of good deeds? - The world of the soul.
What terrible thing? - Belated remorse.
What are the most bitter suffering? - Those who are born by our own misconceptions.
What happiness is the highest? - For the sake of which we abandoned ourselves.

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