If the presence of some good man always molds for the better one who converses with him, owing to the respect and reverence which he inspires, with much more reason must he, who is always in the uninterrupted presence of God by means of his knowledge and his life…be raised above himself on every occasion…. Such is he who believes that God is everywhere present, and does not suppose Him to be shut up in certain definite places, (so) that he could never be apart from God whether by day or by night. Accordingly all our life is a festival. Being persuaded that God is everywhere present on all
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