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Quotes

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

If you have no works, do not speak on virtues. Afflictions suffered for the Lord's sake are more precious to Him than every vow and sacrifice; and the odor of their sweet surpasses every fragrance.

A small affliction borne for God’s sake is better [before God] than a great work performed without tribulation, because affliction willingly borne brings to light the proof of love.

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

Do not keep company with the disputatious, lest you be forced to take leave of your calm.

As soon as a man becomes humble, mercy is not slow to envelop him. Then the heart is aware of God’s help, and acquires a certain power of assurance (in God) which arises in it. And when a man is aware that God’s help is actually assisting him, his heart becomes filled with faith in very truth.

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

As a cloud veils the light of the moon, so the vapors of the belly banish the wisdom of God from the soul.

The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men.

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

One who is capable of seeing himself is better than one who has been made worthy to see angels.

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

The mind will not be glorified with Jesus, if the body does not suffer for Christ.

Fasting is the champion of every virtue, the beginning of the struggle, the crown of the abstinent, the beauty of virginity and sanctity, the resplendence of chastity, the commencement of the path of Christianity, the mother of prayer, the well-spring of sobriety and prudence, the teacher of stillness, and the precursor of all good works. Just as the enjoyment of light is coupled with healthy eyes, so desire for prayer accompanies fasting that is practiced with discernment.

If, wishing to correct another, you are moved to anger, you gratify your own passion. Do not lose yourself in order to save another.

So long as the soul is sick with passions, its senses have no perception of the spiritual; and the soul does not even know how to desire it, but desires it only from hearsay and writings. The power of the soul is cured of these diseases by the hidden practice of commandments, with sharing in Christ's passion.

A life of spiritual endeavor is the mother of sanctity; from it is born the first experience of perception of the mysteries of Christ--which is called the first stage of spiritual knowledge.

Virtue is not accounted virtue if it is not accompanied by difficulty and labors.

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

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