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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.

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

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

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.

According to the degree to which the intellect is stripped of the passions, the Holy Spirit initiates the intellect into the mysteries of the age to be.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Blessed stillness gives birth to blessed children: self-control, love and pure prayer.

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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