Govern passions…
A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.
–Saint Dominic (1170-1221)
True fasting…
The essence and power of abstinence is not in refraining from food, but in expelling from the heart every remembrance of evil and other such things. That is true fasting, and what – above all else – the Lord demands.
–Saint Leo of Optina (1768-1822)
My prayer is thanksgiving…
The greatest part of my prayer here and for years now is thankgiving. What else should I ask, when I have everything?
–Gabriela Papayannis (1897-1992)
Faith without love…
As memory of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not produce the light of knowledge in the soul.
–Saint Maximos the Confessor (580-662)
The nature of love…
This is the nature of love: to the extent that we distance ourselves from the center of the circle and do not love God, we distance ourselves from our neighbor; but if we love God, then the nearer we draw to him in love, the more we are united with our neighbor in love.
–Saint Dorotheus of Gaza (Sixth Century)
Have no anxiety…
Do not have any anxiety about the future. Leave everything in God’s hands for he will take care of you.
–Saint John Baptist de la Salle (1651-1719)
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