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Quotes

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

A small affliction borne for God’s sake is better [before God] than a great work performed without tribulation, because affliction willingly borne brings to light the proof of love.

The heart of a man who oversees his soul at all times is made joyous by revelations.

The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men.

An unmerciful ascetic is a barren tree.

Trial is profitable for every man... Ascetic strugglers are tried, that they may add to their riches; the slothful are tried, that they may thereby guard themselves from what is harmful to them; the sleepy are tried, that they may be armed with wakefulness; those who are far away are tried, that they may draw nearer to God; those who are God's own are tried, that with boldness they may enter into His house. The son who is not trained will receive no profit from the riches of his father's house. For this reason, then, God first tries and afflicts, and thereafter reveals His gift. Glory be to our Master Jesus Christ Who brings us the sweetness of health by stringent medicines!

As it is not possible to cross over the great ocean without a ship, so no one can attain to love without fear. This filthy sea, which lies between us and the paradise of the heart, we may cross by the boat of repentance, whose oarsmen are those of fear. But if fear's oarsmen do not pilot the boat of repentance whereby we cross over the sea of this world to God, we shall be drowned in the sordid abyss.

Repentance is the door of mercy, opened to those who seek it.

But if you give a strong body rest and ease and idleness, all the passions dwelling in the soul are intensified. Then, even if the soul has a great desire for good, even the very thought of the good that is desired will be taken from you.

He who is deprived of repentance is deprived of the delight to come. He who is close to all things is far from repentance.

Virtues are connected with suffering. He who flees suffering is sure to be parted from virtue.

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.

Faith is the door to mysteries. What the bodily eyes are to sensory objects, faith is to the eyes of the intellect that gaze at hidden treasures.

When I wish to open my mouth and to speak on the exalted theme of humility, I am filled with dread, like someone who is aware that he is about to discourse with his own imperfect words concerning God.

Be despised and rejected in your own eyes, and you will see the glory of God within yourself. For where humility blossoms, there God’s glory bursts forth.

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

It is better to eat meat and drink wine and not to eat the flesh of one's brethren through slander.

The prayers of those who hold grudges is sowing on stone.

This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.

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