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Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

Reading the scriptures is a great safeguard against sin.

Make the body serve the commandments, keeping it so far as possible free from sickness and sensual pleasure.

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

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).

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

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

If you abandon God and are a slave to the passions, you cannot reap God's mercy.

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

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

Ignorance of the scriptures is a precipice and a deep abyss.

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

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

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

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

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