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Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Worldly virtues promote human glory, spiritual virtues the glory of God.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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