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Matthew's avatar

I’m one of those fragile academics who’s dedicated his entire life to words and arguments, pinning things down and holding them still. Now I’m old and tired and I just want to go home. Maybe you’ll help me find the way.

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Jay Wright's avatar

Thank you! And I really needed to hear this today:

‘Words and arguments can alienate people’, said the monk. ‘Silence and the way you live: these are the things that will show people the truth of Orthodoxy. Not arguments.’

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