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Quotes

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

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

If, wishing to correct another, you are moved to anger, you gratify your own passion. Do not lose yourself in order to save another.

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

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

You were commanded to keep the body as a servant, not to be unnaturally enslaved to its pleasures.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Do not neglect the practice of the virtues; if you do, your spiritual knowledge will decrease, and when famine occurs you will go down into Egypt (Genesis 41:57, 46:6).

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

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

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.

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

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

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