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Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

A holy man told us one day, that the source of all heresies and schisms in the church was, loving God too little, and ourselves too much.

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

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

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

A holy man told us one day, that the source of all heresies and schisms in the church was, loving God too little, and ourselves too much.

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

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

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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.

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).

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

The intellect becomes a stranger to the things of this world when its attachment to the senses has been completely sundered.

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