“But in spiritual warfare it is impossible to find a place anywhere in creation in which a battle is not being waged.  In the desert there are wild beasts and demons and other malefic and terrifying things; in places of solitude and stillness there are demons, trials and temptations; in the midst of human company there are demons and men who try one and tempt one. There is no place anywhere where one is unmolested; and, because of this, without patient endurance it is impossible to find peace.”
(St. Peter Damascene in the Philokalia)

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