In order to find this delightful solitude [with God], it is not necessary to withdraw into a desert and live in a cave; you can find it in your home and in the midst of your family. Busy yourself with the outside world only in as far as the duties of your state, obedience, or charity require, and you will be living in that solitude that best accords with your circumstances and that God requires of you.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
There is more mercy and God… then there are sins in us. Confess your sins at once, whatever they may be.
–Saint Tikhon (1724-1783)
If we want, Christian, to have our heart filled with divine love we must first empty them of the love of this world, its frivolous and sinful customs and then turn our hearts to the one God, our only good and happiness.
–Saint Tikhon (1724-1783)
Do we refuse to forgive? God, too, will refuse to forgive us. As we treat our neighbors, so also does God treat us. The forgiveness or unforgiveness of your sins, then, and hence also your salvation or destruction, depend on you yourself. For without forgiveness of sins there is no salvation. You can see for yourself how serious it is.
–Saint Tikhon (1724-1783)
Establish yourself in God and then you will be helpful to others.
–Saint Seraphim of Sarov (1754-1833)
Whatever you do, do it gently and unhurriedly, because virtue is not a pear to be eaten in one bite.
–Saint Seraphim of Sarov (1754-1833)
