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Quotes

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

If a king wanted to take possession of his enemy's city, he would begin by cutting off the water and the food and so his enemies, dying of hunger, would submit to him. It is the same with the passions of the flesh; if a man goes about fasting and hungry the enemies of his soul grow weak.

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

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

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

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

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you abandon God and are a slave to the passions, you cannot reap God's mercy.

Do not neglect the practice of the virtues; if you do, your spiritual knowledge will decrease, and when famine occurs you will go down into Egypt (Genesis 41:57, 46:6).

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

If, wishing to correct another, you are moved to anger, you gratify your own passion. Do not lose yourself in order to save another.

All sin is due to sensual pleasure, all forgiveness to hardship and distress.

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