"Εἰ μὴ τὸ ὅλον κατέστρεψα, οὐκ ἂν ἠδυνήθην ἐμαυτὸν οἰκοδομῆσαι."

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If I had not destroyed myself completely, I should not have been able to rebuild and shape myself again. — Abba Alonius, Saying 2, page 35