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Quotes

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

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

A holy man told us one day, that the source of all heresies and schisms in the church was, loving God too little, and ourselves too much.

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

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

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

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

The soul's health consists in dispassion and spiritual knowledge; no slave to sensual pleasure can attain it.

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.

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.

A holy man told us one day, that the source of all heresies and schisms in the church was, loving God too little, and ourselves too much.

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

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.

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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

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

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