Pior

Abba Pior 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.

• Abba Pior used to walk a hundred paces while he was eating.
  Someone asked him why he ate like that, and he said, 'I do not want to make eating an occupation, but something accessory.'
  To another who also asked him the same question, he replied, 'It is so that my soul should not feel any bodily pleasure in eating.'
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