Quotes
To bear a grudge and pray, means to sow seed on the sea and expect a harvest.
A small but persistent discipline is a great force; for a soft drop tailing persistently, hollows out hard rock.
Ease and idleness are the destruction of the soul and they can injure her more than the demons.
What salt is for any food, humility is for every virtue. To acquire it, a man must always think of himself with contrition, self-belittlement and painful salf-judgment. But if we acquire it, it will make us sons of God.
Let us love silence till the world is made to die in our hearts. Let us always remember death, and in this thought draw near to God in our heart–and the pleasures of this world will have our scorn.
Walk before God in simplicity, and not in subtleties of the mind. Simplicity brings faith; but subtle and intricate speculations bring conceit; and conceit brings withdrawal from God.
St. Isaac the Syrian - 7th century
