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Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Just as desire and rage multiply our sins, so self-control and humility erase them.

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

It is better to eat meat and drink wine and not to eat the flesh of one's brethren through slander.

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

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

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

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

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

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