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Quotes

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

A true monk does no reproach and does not praise.

Reading the scriptures is a great safeguard against sin.

Whoever reproaches us gives us a gift, but whoever praises us, steals from us.

Reading the Scriptures is a great means of security against sinning.

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

We have become so inattentive to the work of our salvation that we misinterpret many other words in Holy Scripture as well, all because we do not seek the grace of God and in the pride of our minds do not allow it to dwell in our souls. That is why we are without true enlightenment from the Lord, which He sends into the hearts of men who hunger and thirst wholeheartedly for God’s righteousness or holiness.

How harmful is the praise of man! Even though a person may have done something worthy of praise, when he enjoys the sound of praise he is already deprived of future glory, according to teachings of the holy fathers.

Watchfulness cleanses the conscience and makes it lucid. Thus cleansed, it immediately shines like a light that has been uncovered, banishing such darkness. Once this darkness has been banished through constant and genuine watchfulness, the conscience then reveals things hidden from us.

Guard your mind with extreme intensity of attention.

If the saints, who had attained passionlessless, had to be vigilant over themselves so as not to fall from their state of grace - then all the more is daily attentiveness and concern over our eternal salvation necessary for us sinners. The fact that we are still alive means that the Lord patiently endures our sins and awaits our amendment, and if someone lawfully labors for his salvation, the Lord takes him at a time when he becomes worthy of God’s mercy.

It is a great work to shake from the soul the praise of men, but to reject the praise of demons is greater.

Our enemies (demons) fell because of their pride, and call us to follow them, and bring us feelings of praise. And if your soul accepts that praise, then grace will depart, until the soul becomes humble again. And so all your life you must learn the humility of Christ.

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

A humble and spiritually active man, when he reads the Holy Scripture, will refer everything to himself and not to another.

The heart of a man who oversees his soul at all times is made joyous by revelations.

People of high spirit bear offence nobly and gladly, but only the holy and righteous can pass through praise without harm.

Put aside bodily considerations when you stand in prayer, lest the bite of a flea, a gnat or a fly deprive you of the greatest gain afforded by prayer.

The Scriptures were not given merely that we might have them in books, but that we might engrave them on our hearts.

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