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Quotes

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

It is not safe to swim in one's clothes, nor should a slave of passion touch theology.

Meekness is a rock overlooking the sea of anger, which breaks all the waves that dash against it, yet remains completely unmoved.

Repentance raises the fallen, mourning knocks at the gate of Heaven, and holy humility opens it.

Let no one on seeing or hearing something supernatural in the monastic way of life fall into unbelief out of ignorance; for where the supernatural God dwells, much that is supernatural happens.

As writing is washed out by water, so sins can be washed out by tears.

Near as the body is to the soul, the Lord is nearer, to come and open the locked doors of the heart, and to bestow on us the riches of heaven.

Lying is wiped out by the tortures of superiors; but it is finally destroyed by an abundance of tears.

A servant of the Lord is he who in body stands before men, but in mind knocks at Heaven with prayer.

The first step toward freedom from anger is to keep the lips silent when the heart is stirred; the next, to keep thoughts silent when the soul is upset; the last, to be totally calm when unclean winds are blowing.

The Lord often humbles the vainglorious by causing some dishonor to befall them. And indeed the first step in overcoming vainglory is to remain silent and to accept dishonor gladly. The middle stage is to check every act of vainglory while it is still in thought. The end—insofar as one may talk of an end to an abyss—is to be able to accept humiliation before others without actually feeling it.

Knowing the exact nature of everything, God permits each person to be tested according to his strength. As St. Paul puts it: 'God is to be trusted not to let you be tried beyond your strength, but with the trial He will provide a way out, so that you are able to bear it' (1 Cor. 10:13).

In detachment, the spirit finds quiet and repose for coveting nothing. Nothing wearies it by elation, and nothing oppresses it by dejection, because it stands in the center of its own humility.

If we keep remembering the wrongs which men have done us, we destroy the power of the remembrance of God.

Obedience is to give up one's own judgment but to do it with wise consultation.

As galloping horses race one another, so a good community excites mutual fervor.

He who has tasted the things on high easily despises what is below. But he who has not tasted the things above finds joy in possessions.

Where a fall has overtaken us, there pride has already pitched its tent; because a fall is an indication of pride.

Those who live in obedience are strangers to love of money. For where even the body has been given up, what is left to be one's own? Only in one way can they be harmed, namely by being ready and quick to go from place to place. I have seen material possessions make monks patient to remain in one place. But I praise those who are pilgrims for the Lord.

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