To eat less…
You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be such that after lunch you want to pray.
— Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938)
Give me chastity…
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Anger is a weed…
Anger is a weed; hate is a tree.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Anger is a nail…
[Anger] keeps alive sin, hates justice, ruins virtue, poisons the heart, rots the mind, defeats concentration, paralyzes prayer, puts love at a distance, and is a nail driven into the soul.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
Addicted to anger…
All the days of their life, persons addicted to anger are unhappy, because they are always in a tempest.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Freedom from anger…
The first step towards freedom from anger is to keep the lips silent when the heart is stirred; the next, to keep thoughts silent when the soul is upset; the last, to be totally calm when unclean winds are blowing.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
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