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Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).

When we turn our spirit from the contemplation of God, we become the slaves of carnal passions.

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

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

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

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

Keep the commandments, and you will find peace; love God, and you will attain spiritual knowledge.

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.

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

In the beginning there are a great many battles and a good deal of suffering for those who are advancing towards God and afterwards, ineffable joy. It is like those who wish to light a fire; at first they are choked by the smoke and cry, and by this means obtain what they seek -- as it is said, 'Our God is a consuming fire' -- so we also must kindle the divine fire in ourselves through tears and hard work.

Praise God continually with spiritual hymns and always remain in meditation and in this way you will be able to bear the burden of the temptations that come upon you. A traveler who is carrying a heavy load pauses from time to time and draws in deep breaths; it makes the journey easier and the burden lighter.

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.

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