Daniel of Scetis

Abba Daniel of Scetis was one of the Desert Fathers quoted in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).

Quotes

Ward, Benedicta (1984). The sayings of the Desert Fathers: the alphabetical collection. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications.

• One day Abba Daniel and Abba Ammoes went on a journey together.
  Abba Ammoes said, 'When shall we, too, settle down, in a cell, Father?'
  Abba Daniel replied, 'Who shall separate us henceforth from God? God is in the cell, and, on the other hand, he is outside also.'
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