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)
In love God did…
In love did God bring the world into existence; in love is God going to bring it to that wondrous transformed state, and in love will the world be swallowed up in the great mystery of the one who has preformed all these things; in love will the whole course of the governance of creation be finally comprised.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
The confession of sin…
Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility.
— Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
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