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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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