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Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Worldly virtues promote human glory, spiritual virtues the glory of God.

According to the degree to which the intellect is stripped of the passions, the Holy Spirit initiates the intellect into the mysteries of the age to be.

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

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

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.

No one on this earth can avoid affliction; and although the afflictions which the Lord sends are not great, men imagine them beyond their strength, and are crushed by them. This is because they will not humble their souls, and commit themselves to the will of God. But the Lord Himself guides with His grace those who are given over to God's will, and they bear all things with fortitude for the sake of God, Whom they have so loved, and with Whom they are glorified forever. It is impossible to escape tribulation in this world, but the man who is given over to the will of God bears tribulation easily, seeing it but putting his trust in the Lord, and so his tribulations pass.

Concern for one's soul means hardship and humility, for through these God forgives us all our sins.

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).

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

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