Be a lover of silence…
If you love truth, be a lover of silence. Silence, like the sunlight will illuminate you in God.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
Cares of the world…
As a man whose head is under water cannot inhale pure air, so a man whose thoughts are plunged into the cares of this world cannot absorb the sensations of that new world.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
Every humble man…
Not every quiet man is humble, but every humble man is quiet.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
What humility is…
What salt is for any food, humility is for every virtue.
— Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
A heart hard…
A heart hard and unmerciful will never be pure.
— Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
Prayer is the…
Prayer is the port of help, the fountain of salvation, the treasure of confidence, the sheet-anchor amidst the storms, the light in the darkness, the stick of the weak, the shelter at the time of temptations, the medicine at the time of illness, the shield of protection in the battle, the sharp arrow against the enemies.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
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