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Quotes

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

The world is everything that holds us and satisfies us sensuously: that within us which has not known God (John 17:25).

Love of God proceeds from conversing with him; this conversation of prayer comes about through stillness, and stillness comes with the stripping away of the self.

Humility, even without works, can save a man.

But if you give a strong body rest and ease and idleness, all the passions dwelling in the soul are intensified. Then, even if the soul has a great desire for good, even the very thought of the good that is desired will be taken from you.

If you pile up on one side of the scales all the works demanded by ascetic life, and on the other side-silence, you will find that the latter outweighs the former. Many good counsels have been given us, but if a man embraces silence, to follow them will become superfluous.

Be despised and rejected in your own eyes, and you will see the glory of God within yourself. For where humility blossoms, there God’s glory bursts forth.

The heart of a man who oversees his soul at all times is made joyous by revelations.

Hold faith and humility fast within you; for through them you will find mercy, help, and words spoken by God in the heart, along with a protector who stands beside you both secretly and manifestly.

Ease and idleness are the destruction of the soul and they can injure her more than the demons.

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

Do not keep company with the disputatious, lest you be forced to take leave of your calm.

The mind will not be glorified with Jesus, if the body does not suffer for Christ.

One who is capable of seeing himself is better than one who has been made worthy to see angels.

Imitate the Publican and you will not be condemned with the Pharisee. Choose the meekness of Moses and you will find your heart which is a rock changed into a spring of water.

Self-love precedes all passions, and the scorn of ease precedes all the virtues.

It is a spiritual gift from God for a man to perceive his sins.

The iniquitous mouth is stopped during prayer, for the condemnation of the conscience deprives a man of his boldness.

Love sinners, but hate their works; and do not despise them for their faults, lest you be tempted by the same trespasses.

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