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

No one can be saved without the renunciation of his will, even though he might struggle fervently, for our will and our manner are like a bronze wall between us and God.

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

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

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

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

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

Condemn only yourself, and you will not be condemned at His second and awful coming. From your whole heart remit the sins of whoever sins before you, and your Father who is in heaven will remit your sins.

In the humble God rejoices, but from the proud He is driven away; where there is humility, the glory of God shines forth.

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

Apt silence bridles anger.

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

Control the tongue, so that it will not utter empty words. Whoever preserves his tongue, preserves his soul from grief.

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

What should one do so that the mind might be constantly occupied with God? If we do not acquire the three following virtues: love for God and men, continence, and the Prayer of Jesus, then our mind cannot be completely occupied with God. For love makes anger meek, continence weakens fleshly desire, and prayer draws the mind away from thoughts and banishes every hatred and high-mindedness.

If you are not willing to repent through freely choosing to suffer, unsought sufferings will providentially be imposed on you.

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.

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

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

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