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Quotes

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

It is an insult to the intelligence to be subject to what lacks intelligence and to concern itself with shameful desires.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is better to eat meat and drink wine and not to eat the flesh of one's brethren through slander.

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

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