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Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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).

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.

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

I think that for those living in community obedience is a greater virtue than chastity, however perfect. Chastity carries within it the danger of pride, but obedience has within it the promise of humility.

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.

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.

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

Listlessness is an apathy of soul; and a soul becomes apathetic when sick with self-indulgence.

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