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Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A holy man told us one day, that the source of all heresies and schisms in the church was, loving God too little, and ourselves too much.

Blessed stillness gives birth to blessed children: self-control, love and pure prayer.

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

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

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

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

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

A holy man told us one day, that the source of all heresies and schisms in the church was, loving God too little, and ourselves too much.

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.

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