“It is better to begin from one's feeble state and end up strong, to progress from small things to larger, than to set your heart from the very first on the perfect way of life, then only to abandon it later—or keep to it solely out of habit, because of what others will think—in which case all this labor will be in vai…”
Evagrius Ponticus, 4th c. — ADMONITION ON PRAYER
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44For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
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42And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
43And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: