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Quotes

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

Everything you do in revenge against a brother who has harmed you will come back to your mind at the time of prayer.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Grace always precedes temptations.' He knew that grace always precedes temptations as a forewarning preparation. As soon as you perceive grace, gird yourself and say: 'Here comes the call to battle! Beware, attend, O Clay, to where the wicked on will strike the battle. Many times it comes quickly, and many times after two or three days. In any event, it will come, and the earthworks must be firm. Confessions every evening, Obedience to the elder, humility and love towards all. By these means lighten the affliction.' Grace is divided into three stages: purifying, enlightening, and perfecting. So also are deeds: natural, supernatural, contranatural. According to these three stages on ascends and descends. The great gifts one receives are also three: contemplation, love, dispassion.

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

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

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.

The person who is unaffected by the things of this world loves stillness; and he who loves no human thing loves all men.

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

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