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

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

Break the bonds of your friendship for the body and give it only what is absolutely necessary.

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

According to the degree to which the intellect is stripped of the passions, the Holy Spirit initiates the intellect into the mysteries of the age to be.

The greatest weapons of someone striving to lead a life of inward stillness are self-control, love, prayer, and spiritual reading.

Make the body serve the commandments, keeping it so far as possible free from sickness and sensual pleasure.

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

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

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

A certain priest, an unfortunate man who had no knowledge of divine experience like that of St. Silouan, said to another person, 'I wonder why they go to him, he does not read anything.' The other replied, 'He does not read anything, but he practices everything, unlike those who read a lot but do not do a thing.'

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

An elderly monk said, 'Always, when you are tempted to criticize, you should put a question mark on the whole situation and not judge. For we do not know what is really going on.'

When we turn our spirit from the contemplation of God, we become the slaves of carnal passions.

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

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

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

You were commanded to keep the body as a servant, not to be unnaturally enslaved to its pleasures.

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

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