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Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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

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

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

It is an insult to the intelligence to be subject to what lacks intelligence and to concern itself with shameful desires.

Patient endurance is the soul's struggle for virtue; where there is struggle for virtue, self-indulgence is banished.

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

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

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

Praise God continually with spiritual hymns and always remain in meditation and in this way you will be able to bear the burden of the temptations that come upon you. A traveler who is carrying a heavy load pauses from time to time and draws in deep breaths; it makes the journey easier and the burden lighter.

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

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

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