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Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The greatest weapons of someone striving to lead a life of inward stillness are self-control, love, prayer, and spiritual reading.

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

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

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