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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You were commanded to keep the body as a servant, not to be unnaturally enslaved to its pleasures.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The study of divine principles teaches knowledge of God to the person who lives in truth, longing and reverence.

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

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