Anthony of Egypt †17 January 356

 


 

Painting of Saint Anthony of Egypt


Abba Anthony said, "Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going to make of it, a scythe, a sword, or an axe. Even so we ought to make up our minds what kind of virtue we want to forge, or else we labor in vain."

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