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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

True escape from the world is for a person to know how to control his tongue, wherever he might be.

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

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

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.

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

Struggle until death to fulfill the commandments: purified through them, you will enter into life.

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

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

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

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