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

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

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

A man is neither saved nor lost by the place he is in, but is saved or lost by his deeds. Neither a holy place nor a holy state is of use to him who does not fulfill the commandments of the Lord.

The greatest weapons of someone striving to lead a life of inward stillness are self-control, love, prayer, and spiritual reading.

If you are praised, be silent. If you are scolded, be silent. If you incur losses, be silent. If you receive profit, be silent. If you are satiated, be silent. If you are hungry, also be silent. And do not be afraid that there will be no fruit when all dies down; there will be! Not everything will die down. Energy will appear; and what energy!

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

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

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

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

If anyone wants to drive out the demons, he must first subdue the passions, for he will banish the demon of the passion which he has mastered. For example, the devil accompanies anger; so it you control your anger, the devil of anger will be banished. And so it is with each of the passions.

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

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.

The soul's health consists in dispassion and spiritual knowledge; no slave to sensual pleasure can attain it.

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

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

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

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