"We have today to learn to get back into accord with the wisdom of nature and realize again our brotherhood with the animals and with the water and the sea."

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We start... imitation of Christ with Holy Baptism, which symbolizes the Lord's Burial and Resurrection. Virtuous living and conduct in accord with the Gospel are its intermediate stage, and its perfection is victory through spiritual struggles against the passions, which procures painless, indestructible, heavenly life.

— Gregory Palamas