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Quotes

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

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

It is not possible for a man to control his anger when abused, or to overcome trials with patience when afflicted, if he is not willing to take the last and lowest place among other men.

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

Words are truly images of the soul...

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A dog is better than I am, for he has love and he does not judge.

Love and self-control purify the soul.

The more you love money, the more securely you close the Kingdom of God.

Accept whatever the Lord sends with a willing spirit and do not groan at what is imposed on you, for why should you feel joy at being part of that crowd or pain at being excluded from it? Rather we should do everything to ensure that we are not excluded from the city of God.

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).

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

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

One cannot approach the knowledge of the truth with a disturbed heart. Therefore we must try to avoid everything that disturbs our heart, that causes forgetfulness, excitement or passion, or that awakens unrest. We must free ourselves as much as possible from all fuss and flutter and ado over vain things. Yes, when we serve the Lord we shall not be troubled about many things, but always keep in mind that one thing is needful (Luke 10:41).

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

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

Habit forms from custom, and habit seems to accustom itself to nature. It is much worse and more difficult to change nature. However, with God it is possible. For nature does not set itself against God.

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

The love of God is not something we learn from another. Neither did we learn from another how to love the sunshine or how to defend our life. Nor has anyone taught us how to love our parents, or those who have reared us. And so, indeed much more, learning how to love God does not come to us from outside. But in the very commencement of the life of man, there is placed within us a certain seminal conception, having, from itself, the beginnings of a natural propensity towards this love.

By the command of Thine only-begotten Son we communicate with the memory of Thy saints... by whose prayers and supplications have mercy upon us all, and deliver us for the sake of Thy holy name which is invoked upon us.

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