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Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A man is neither saved nor lost by the place he is in, but is saved or lost by his deeds. Neither a holy place nor a holy state is of use to him who does not fulfill the commandments of the Lord.

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

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

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

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

Spiritual reading and prayer purify the intellect, while love and self-control purify the soul's passionate aspect.

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

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

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

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