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Quotes

A collection of scriptural meditations from Saints and Fathers of the Church.

The man who has found love eats and drinks Christ every day and hour and so is made immortal. 'Whoever eats of this bread', He says, 'which I will give him, will never taste death.' Blessed is he who consumes the bread of love, which is Jesus! He who eats of love eats Christ, the God over all, as John bears witness, saying, 'God is love.'

Virtue is not accounted virtue if it is not accompanied by difficulty and labors.

Beware of reading the doctrines of heretics for they, more than anything else, can equip the spirit of blasphemy against you.

Ease and idleness are the destruction of the soul and they can injure her more than the demons.

It is a spiritual gift from God for a man to perceive his sins.

Flee from discussions of dogma as from an unruly lion; and never embark upon them yourself, either with those raised in the Church, or with strangers.

Do not oppose the thoughts, which the enemy sows in you, but rather cut off all converse with them by prayer to God. We have not always strength enough so to oppose hostile thoughts as to stop them; on the contrary, in such attempts they frequently inflict us with a wound that is long in healing.

Walk before God in simplicity, and not in subtleties of the mind. Simplicity brings faith; but subtle and intricate speculations bring conceit; and conceit brings withdrawal from God.

The virtues follow one from another in succession, so that the path of virtue does not become grievous and burdensome, and so that by being achieved in order progressively they may be made light; thus the hardships endured for virtue's sake should be cherished by a man as is the good itself.

Until we find love, our labor is in the land of tares, and in the midst of tares we both sow and reap, even if our seed is the seed of righteousness.

The man who is conscious of his sins is greater than he who profits the whole world by the sight of his countenance.

An unmerciful ascetic is a barren tree.

Understand what I say: there can be no knowledge of the mysteries of God on a full stomach.

Love the poor, and through them you will find mercy.

Humility, even without works, can save a man.

Praise God continually with spiritual hymns and always remain in meditation and in this way you will be able to bear the burden of the temptations that come upon you. A traveler who is carrying a heavy load pauses from time to time and draws in deep breaths; it makes the journey easier and the burden lighter.

The mind will not be glorified with Jesus, if the body does not suffer for Christ.

Sweet to the laborer is bread earned by his own sweat. Until a man has sweated, the bread of truth will not satisfy him.

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