Sayings

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"He who has faith in God, does not value the world, To a dead soul, the world can replace God."

"Whoever considers death as the gloomy end; the end of the inglorious, That one must consider himself a slave of despair." Saint Nikolai Velimirovich

"It is better to be a simpleton and to approach God with love than to be a know-it-all and, at the same time, be an enemy of God." St. Iraneaus of Lyon "One thing must be added to this, namely, that the lovers of God are not simpletons because they know God well enough that they are able to love Him. Of all human knowledge, this knowledge is more important and greater." Saint Nikolai Velimirovich

"Have love; for what salt is to food, love is to every virtue." St. Euthymius the Great "Every virtue is tasteless and cold if it is not seasoned and warmed by divine love." Saint Nikolai Velimirovich

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"Only, what is done, for Jesus, will last."

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Abba Antonios said: "The time is coming when people will be seized by manias and will behave like madmen. And if they see anyone acting reasonably, they will rise up against him saying: 'You are insane.' And they will have accurately said this to him, for he will not be like them."

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"The inhabitants of this world, the children of this age, are like wheat in a sieve. They are being sifted by restless thoughts of this world. They are constantly tossed to and fro by earthly care, desire and absorption in a variety of material concerns. Satan tosses such souls as a sifter sifts wheat.... By these concerns he disturbs men, keeps them anxious and in a state of nervous motion."

St. Macarius

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"Christianity is an ascetic religion. Christianity is a teaching about the gradual extirpation of the passions, about the means and conditions of the gradual acquisition of virtues. And this Podvig, this struggle comes as we begin to separate ourselves from the world."

Metropolitan Laurus

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