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Quotes

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

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

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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

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

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

If the soul is vigilant and withdraws from all distraction and abandons its own will, then the spirit of God invades it and it can conceive because it is free to do so.

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

Fear of the Lord conquers desire, and distress that accords with God's will repulses sensual pleasure.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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