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Quotes

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

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

If you have spoken evil of your brother, and you are stricken with remorse, go and kneel down before him and say: 'I have spoken badly of you; let this be my surety that I will not spread this slander any further.' For detraction is death to the soul.

The soul's health consists in dispassion and spiritual knowledge; no slave to sensual pleasure can attain it.

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

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

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

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

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

Abba Or used to say this, 'Do not speak in your heart against your brother like this: 'I am a man of more sober and austere life than he is,' but put yourself in subjection to the grace of Christ, in the spirit of poverty and genuine charity, or you will be overcome by the spirit of vainglory and lose all you have gained. For it is written in the Scriptures: 'Let him who stands take heed lest he fall.' (I Corinthians 10:12) Let your salvation be founded in the Lord.'

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

The person who listens to Christ fills himself with light; and if he imitates Christ, he reclaims himself.

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

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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.

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

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

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