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Quotes

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

Blessed stillness gives birth to blessed children: self-control, love and pure prayer.

Prayer... by its action it is the reconciliation of man with God, the mother and daughter of tears, a bridge for crossing temptations, a wall of protection from afflictions, a crushing of conflicts, boundless activity, the spring of virtues, the source of spiritual gifts, invisible progress, food of the soul, the enlightening of the mind, an axe for despair, a demonstration of hope, the release from sorrow.

Struggle until death to fulfill the commandments: purified through them, you will enter into life.

Long-suffering and readiness to forgive curb anger; love and compassion wither it.

All sin is due to sensual pleasure, all forgiveness to hardship and distress.

Unless a man keeps the commandments of God, he cannot progress, even in a single virtue.

If you abandon God and are a slave to the passions, you cannot reap God's mercy.

Love and self-control purify the soul.

Just as desire and rage multiply our sins, so self-control and humility erase them.

Self-control and strenuous effort curb desire; stillness and intense longing for God wither it.

Concern for one's soul means hardship and humility, for through these God forgives us all our sins.

If you are not willing to repent through freely choosing to suffer, unsought sufferings will providentially be imposed on you.

Fear of the Lord conquers desire, and distress that accords with God's will repulses sensual pleasure.

Self-love -- that is, friendship for the body -- is the source of evil in the soul.

The person who listens to Christ fills himself with light; and if he imitates Christ, he reclaims himself.

Self-control and strenuous effort curb desire; stillness and intense longing for God wither it.

If you lay down rules for yourself, do not disobey yourself; for he who cheats himself is self-deluded.

Listlessness is an apathy of soul; and a soul becomes apathetic when sick with self-indulgence.

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