Nicephorus the Lonely (19 x 24 cm)

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"Solitary life has been called “the science of sciences” and “the art of

arts”, because its gifts have nothing to do with the corruptible benefits of this world which divert the mind from what is best and overwhelming it. Solitary life gives us wonderful and unspeakable goods that "the eye has never seen, the ear has never heard, nor have they ever entered the heart of man".

This is why we fight "not against flesh and blood, but against the dominations, the powers, the dark principles of this century."