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Quotes

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

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 intellect becomes a stranger to the things of this world when its attachment to the senses has been completely sundered.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

We are sons of God or of Satan according to whether we conform to goodness or to evil.

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

The way of humility is this: self-control, prayer, and thinking yourself inferior to all creatures.

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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

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

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

Keep the commandments, and you will find peace; love God, and you will attain spiritual knowledge.

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

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