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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spiritual reading and prayer purify the intellect, while love and self-control purify the soul's passionate aspect.

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

Patient endurance is the soul's struggle for virtue; where there is struggle for virtue, self-indulgence is banished.

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

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

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