Cares of this 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)
In God alone…
The soul that loves God has its rest in God and in God alone. In all the paths that men walk in in the world, they do not attain peace until they draw nigh to hope in God.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
Compassion of the Creator…
Just as a strongly flowing fountain is not blocked up by a handful of earth, so the compassion of the Creator is not overcome by the wickedness of his creatures.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
Love, sincerity, and simplicity…
It is necessary to rouse the heart to pray, otherwise it will become quite dry. The attributes of prayer must be: love of God, sincerity, and simplicity.
–Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
With sincere Christians…
With sincere Christians prayer is continual, because we continually sin; gratitude is perpetual, because everyday, every moment, we receive fresh mercies from God, beside the old mercies, which are numberless. Praise is also perpetual, because we perpetually see the glory of God’s works in ourselves and in the world, especially the glory of His infinite love towards us.
–Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
Two serious evils…
In order that what we have said may be the more clearly and fully understood, it will be well to set down here and state how these desires are the cause of two serious evils in the soul: the one is that they deprive it of the Spirit of God, and the other is that the soul wherein they dwell is wearied, tormented, darkened, defiled and weakened.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
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