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Quotes

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

If you lay down rules for yourself, do not disobey yourself; for he who cheats himself is self-deluded.

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

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

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

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).

Learn to desire humility, for that will cover all your sins. All sin is hateful to God, but the most hateful of all is pride of heart. Do not consider yourself learned or wise, or all your toil will be lost and your ship will arrive empty at the shore.

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

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

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

Our life and our death is with our neighbor. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize our brother, we have sinned against Christ.

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

Just as desire and rage multiply our sins, so self-control and humility erase them.

If they are worthy, ordinary people and ascetics are provided through circumstances of their life with the opportunities to be crowned by God.

Beware of the counsels of the evil one, if he should come in the guise of one professing truth to beguile you and lead you into deceit. Even if he should come to you as an angel of light, do not believe him or obey him: for he is apt to fascinate the faithful by the attractive semblance of truth.

My children, desire to purify your hearts from envy and from anger with each other, lest death should overcome you, and you will be counted among the murderers. For whosoever hates his brother, kills a soul.

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

If you are not willing to repent through freely choosing to suffer, unsought sufferings will providentially be imposed on you.

When you close the doors to your dwelling and are alone you should know that there is present with you the angel whom God has appointed for each man...This angel, who is sleepless and cannot be deceived, is always present with you; he sees all things and is not hindered by darkness. You should know, too, that with him is God, who is in every place; for there is no place and nothing material in which God is not, since He is greater than all things and holds all men in His hand.

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