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Quotes

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

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

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

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

According to the degree to which the intellect is stripped of the passions, the Holy Spirit initiates the intellect into the mysteries of the age to be.

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

Our own will is like a wall of brass between us and God, preventing us from coming near to Him or contemplating His mercy.

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

Break the bonds of your friendship for the body and give it only what is absolutely necessary.

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

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

If you are not willing to repent through freely choosing to suffer, unsought sufferings will providentially be imposed on you.

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.

Keep the commandments, and you will find peace; love God, and you will attain spiritual knowledge.

It is an insult to the intelligence to be subject to what lacks intelligence and to concern itself with shameful desires.

Strive to love every man equally, and you will simultaneously expel all the passions.

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

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

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