Nevertheless, it is much better to lament the insensitivity…

Styraks ·

Nevertheless, it is much better to lament the insensitivity of the unjust than to hate them; for even should they deserve our hatred, it is senseless for a soul which loves God to be disturbed by hatred, since when hatred is present in the soul spiritual knowledge is paralysed.
+Saint Diadochus, Bishop of Photike in Epirus
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Nevertheless, it is much better to lament the insensitivity of the unjust than to hate them; for ev…