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Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A man is neither saved nor lost by the place he is in, but is saved or lost by his deeds. Neither a holy place nor a holy state is of use to him who does not fulfill the commandments of the Lord.

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The lower you descend, the higher you ascend; and when, like the psalmist, you regard yourself as nothing before the Lord (cf. Ps. 39:5), then imperceptibly you will grow great. And when you begin to realize that you have nothing and know nothing, then you will become rich in the Lord through the practice of the virtues and spiritual knowledge.

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