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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions.

Everything has already begun, and everything always begins anew for the Church, with the Resurrection of our Lord.

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

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

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

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

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

A man who submits to the statutes of the fathers, reaches his goal before he has made a single step.

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All sin is due to sensual pleasure, all forgiveness to hardship and distress.

Teach your mouth to say what is in your heart.

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

We are sons of God or of Satan according to whether we conform to goodness or to evil.

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