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Quotes

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

Control your stomach, sleep, anger, and tongue, and you will not 'dash your foot against a stone.'

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

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

He who fears God will pay careful attention to his soul and will free himself from communion with evil.

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

The person who is unaffected by the things of this world loves stillness; and he who loves no human thing loves all men.

Strive to love every man equally, and you will simultaneously expel all the passions.

The study of divine principles teaches knowledge of God to the person who lives in truth, longing and reverence.

He who fears God will pay careful attention to his soul and will free himself from communion with evil.

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

A wise man is one who pays attention to himself and is quick to separate himself from all defilement.

Spiritual freedom is release from the passions; without Christ’s mercy you cannot attain it.

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

Strive to love every man equally, and you will simultaneously expel all the passions.

Spiritual reading and prayer purify the intellect, while love and self-control purify the soul's passionate aspect.

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

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

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

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